Edith
#499 for girls in 2025, 595 births · Last seen for boys in 1995 at #6,992
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1894 · 1,820 births
- Debut · girls
- 768 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 59 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 270,880since 1880
Edith over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #499 | 595 | — | |
| 2024 | #528 | 581 | — | |
| 2023 | #503 | 605 | — | |
| 2022 | #513 | 609 | — | |
| 2021 | #493 | 638 | — | |
| 2020 | #472 | 650 | — | |
| 2019 | #501 | 628 | — | |
| 2018 | #517 | 605 | — | |
| 2017 | #476 | 655 | — | |
| 2016 | #486 | 641 | — | |
| 2015 | #524 | 599 | — | |
| 2014 | #623 | 462 | — | |
| 2013 | #716 | 387 | — | |
| 2012 | #759 | 365 | — | |
| 2011 | #772 | 352 | — | |
| 2010 | #821 | 326 | — | |
| 2009 | #840 | 333 | — | |
| 2008 | #803 | 359 | — | |
| 2007 | #728 | 400 | — | |
| 2006 | #649 | 446 | — | |
| 2005 | #627 | 448 | — | |
| 2004 | #682 | 404 | — | |
| 2003 | #677 | 389 | — | |
| 2002 | #571 | 459 | — | |
| 2001 | #592 | 428 | — | |
| 2000 | #565 | 462 | — | |
| 1999 | #581 | 426 | — | |
| 1998 | #586 | 412 | — | |
| 1997 | #547 | 430 | — | |
| 1996 | #566 | 410 | — | |
| 1995 | #443 | 577 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #493 | 507 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #576 | 412 | — | |
| 1992 | #549 | 428 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #527 | 444 | — | |
| 1990 | #558 | 423 | — | |
| 1989 | #597 | 360 | — | |
| 1988 | #597 | 335 | — | |
| 1987 | #611 | 316 | — | |
| 1986 | #576 | 339 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #616 | 307 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #607 | 294 | — | |
| 1983 | #610 | 288 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #606 | 296 | — | |
| 1981 | #573 | 322 | — | |
| 1980 | #550 | 339 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #551 | 338 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #540 | 331 | — | |
| 1977 | #533 | 340 | — | |
| 1976 | #459 | 419 | — | |
| 1975 | #472 | 394 | — | |
| 1974 | #453 | 402 | — | |
| 1973 | #443 | 424 | — | |
| 1972 | #413 | 476 | — | |
| 1971 | #407 | 527 | — | |
| 1970 | #390 | 600 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #381 | 603 | — | |
| 1968 | #369 | 604 | — | |
| 1967 | #343 | 673 | — | |
| 1966 | #312 | 800 | — | |
| 1965 | #300 | 889 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #296 | 966 | — | |
| 1963 | #293 | 1,000 | — | |
| 1962 | #284 | 1,020 | — | |
| 1961 | #262 | 1,164 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #243 | 1,282 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #233 | 1,357 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #230 | 1,318 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #223 | 1,412 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #211 | 1,477 | — | |
| 1955 | #204 | 1,524 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #211 | 1,422 | — | |
| 1953 | #202 | 1,526 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #183 | 1,639 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #165 | 1,850 | — | |
| 1950 | #150 | 1,953 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #145 | 2,064 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #140 | 2,082 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #136 | 2,201 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #136 | 1,975 | — | |
| 1945 | #132 | 1,842 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #123 | 2,175 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #118 | 2,380 | #1,986 | 14 |
| 1942 | #113 | 2,458 | #2,145 | 12 |
| 1941 | #103 | 2,462 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #98 | 2,510 | #1,894 | 14 |
| 1939 | #102 | 2,474 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #102 | 2,600 | #2,326 | 10 |
| 1937 | #96 | 2,647 | #1,828 | 15 |
| 1936 | #87 | 2,759 | #2,062 | 12 |
| 1935 | #87 | 2,830 | #1,708 | 17 |
| 1934 | #81 | 3,012 | #1,932 | 14 |
| 1933 | #80 | 3,110 | #1,905 | 14 |
| 1932 | #69 | 3,570 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | #65 | 3,772 | #1,643 | 19 |
| 1930 | #61 | 4,273 | #1,496 | 24 |
| 1929 | #59 | 4,455 | #2,002 | 15 |
| 1928 | #56 | 4,846 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1927 | #48 | 5,403 | #1,796 | 19 |
| 1926 | #42 | 5,786 | #1,515 | 24 |
| 1925 | #42 | 6,275 | #1,451 | 26 |
| 1924 | #36 | 6,890 | #1,894 | 18 |
| 1923 | #36 | 6,836 | #2,772 | 10 |
| 1922 | #34 | 7,136 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1921 | #33 | 7,589 | #2,265 | 14 |
| 1920 | #32 | 7,773 | #1,457 | 26 |
| 1919 | #29 | 7,767 | #1,882 | 17 |
| 1918 | #30 | 7,858 | #1,767 | 19 |
| 1917 | #28 | 7,532 | #1,693 | 19 |
| 1916 | #28 | 7,307 | #2,259 | 12 |
| 1915 | #31 | 6,761 | #2,310 | 11 |
| 1914 | #31 | 5,209 | #1,772 | 13 |
| 1913 | #29 | 4,366 | #1,945 | 9 |
| 1912 | #31 | 3,842 | #1,417 | 12 |
| 1911 | #31 | 2,825 | #1,290 | 8 |
| 1910 | #35 | 2,592 | #822 | 14 |
| 1909 | #33 | 2,371 | #804 | 13 |
| 1908 | #27 | 2,410 | #1,021 | 8 |
| 1907 | #32 | 2,177 | #930 | 9 |
| 1906 | #30 | 2,160 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #30 | 2,137 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | #33 | 1,944 | #760 | 10 |
| 1903 | #33 | 1,901 | — | |
| 1902 | #33 | 1,853 | — | |
| 1901 | #32 | 1,863 | — | |
| 1900 | #36 | 2,068 | #902 | 9 |
| 1899 | #32 | 1,794 | #613 | 11 |
| 1898 | #32 | 1,981 | #804 | 8 |
| 1897 | #30 | 1,823 | #852 | 7 |
| 1896 | #29 | 1,932 | #722 | 10 |
| 1895 | #27 | 1,940 | — | |
| 1894 | #26 | 1,820 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | #30 | 1,733 | #836 | 7 |
| 1892 | #33 | 1,625 | #956 | 6 |
| 1891 | #29 | 1,509 | — | |
| 1890 | #30 | 1,493 | #667 | 9 |
| 1889 | #29 | 1,523 | #789 | 7 |
| 1888 | #29 | 1,453 | #815 | 7 |
| 1887 | #29 | 1,243 | #752 | 7 |
| 1886 | #31 | 1,184 | #647 | 9 |
| 1885 | #31 | 1,071 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | #27 | 1,104 | — | |
| 1883 | #31 | 881 | — | |
| 1882 | #29 | 876 | — | |
| 1881 | #27 | 778 | #595 | 9 |
| 1880 | #28 | 768 | #909 | 5 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Edith was already there! It came in at #28, and was given to 768 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1973–1990, when fewer than 430 girls a year got the name.
See more about Edith
- 29 spots since 2024 (#528 → #499)
- 27 spots since 2020 (#472 → #499)
- 25 spots since 2015 (#524 → #499)
- Biggest jump: 99 spots in 2015 (#623 → #524)
- Biggest drop: 123 spots in 1996 (#443 → #566)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1894 at #26 (1,820 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 71 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 59 yrs · run 1880–1937
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 117 girls born in 1884 were named Edith (0.86%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,701 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
- Its best rank, #26 in 1894, was only 1 in 122 (0.82%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.3% of all girls named Edith (62,989) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10,881 | #27 (1884) | #29 |
| 1890s | 17,650 | #26 (1894) | #30 |
| 1900s | 20,884 | #27 (1908) | #32 |
| 1910s | 56,059 | #28 (1917) | #30 |
| 1920s | 62,989 | #32 (1920) | #42 |
| 1930s | 31,047 | #61 (1930) | #83 |
| 1940s | 22,149 | #98 (1940) | #124 |
| 1950s | 15,478 | #150 (1950) | #201 |
| 1960s | 9,001 | #243 (1960) | #308 |
| 1970s | 4,251 | #390 (1970) | #466 |
| 1980s | 3,196 | #550 (1980) | #594 |
| 1990s | 4,469 | #443 (1995) | #543 |
| 2000s | 4,128 | #565 (2000) | #673 |
| 2010s | 5,020 | #476 (2017) | #620 |
| 2020s | 3,678 | #472 (2020) | #501 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Edith in 1947
Top girls' names in 1947
Top boys' names in 1947
More about 1947
girls
1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 805 of them was named Edith, which outranked 97.8% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 203,289 of them was named Edith, which outranked 37.4% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,498Woodard10
- #2,498Woodford10
- #2,498York10
- #2,671Edith9
- #2,671Abbie9
- #2,671Almond9
- #2,671Alpheus9
- #2,862Abby8
- #2,862Abron8
- #2,862Acey8
Tied with 190 names at #2,671; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.