Edyth

Where Edyth comes from

Edyth hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1867
    Edyth Walker born
    American opera singer
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #738 among girls — 6 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1894
    Peak, #586
    25 babies named Edyth — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1900
    Edyth Foley born
    British motorcycle racer
  5. 1936
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,386.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Edyth Walker · American opera singer, 1867–1950
  • Edyth Foley · British motorcycle racer, 1900–1985

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.