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

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Peak · girls
1894 · 1,820 births
Debut · girls
768 births
In top 100 · girls
59 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
270,880
since 1880

Edith over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201894peak #26, 1894girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#499595—
2024#528581—
2023#503605—
2022#513609—
2021#493638—
2020#472650—
2019#501628—
2018#517605—
2017#476655—
2016#486641—
2015#524599—
2014#623462—
2013#716387—
2012#759365—
2011#772352—
2010#821326—
2009#840333—
2008#803359—
2007#728400—
2006#649446—
2005#627448—
2004#682404—
2003#677389—
2002#571459—
2001#592428—
2000#565462—
1999#581426—
1998#586412—
1997#547430—
1996#566410—
1995#443577#6,9927
1994#493507#8,8005
1993#576412—
1992#549428#6,1288
1991#527444—
1990#558423—
1989#597360—
1988#597335—
1987#611316—
1986#576339#6,7215
1985#616307#6,5235
1984#607294—
1983#610288#5,4846
1982#606296—
1981#573322—
1980#550339#6,2505
1979#551338#6,0565
1978#540331—
1977#533340—
1976#459419—
1975#472394—
1974#453402—
1973#443424—
1972#413476—
1971#407527—
1970#390600#4,2306
1969#381603—
1968#369604—
1967#343673—
1966#312800—
1965#300889#3,9305
1964#296966—
1963#2931,000—
1962#2841,020—
1961#2621,164#4,0655
1960#2431,282#3,3377
1959#2331,357#3,9885
1958#2301,318#3,5596
1957#2231,412#3,5526
1956#2111,477—
1955#2041,524#3,8865
1954#2111,422—
1953#2021,526#3,7985
1952#1831,639#3,7345
1951#1651,850—
1950#1501,953#2,7708
1949#1452,064#3,0197
1948#1402,082#3,6685
1947#1362,201#2,6719
1946#1361,975—
1945#1321,842#2,9966
1944#1232,175#3,4305
1943#1182,380#1,98614
1942#1132,458#2,14512
1941#1032,462#2,33310
1940#982,510#1,89414
1939#1022,474#2,28810
1938#1022,600#2,32610
1937#962,647#1,82815
1936#872,759#2,06212
1935#872,830#1,70817
1934#813,012#1,93214
1933#803,110#1,90514
1932#693,570#2,6389
1931#653,772#1,64319
1930#614,273#1,49624
1929#594,455#2,00215
1928#564,846#2,04815
1927#485,403#1,79619
1926#425,786#1,51524
1925#426,275#1,45126
1924#366,890#1,89418
1923#366,836#2,77210
1922#347,136#2,04016
1921#337,589#2,26514
1920#327,773#1,45726
1919#297,767#1,88217
1918#307,858#1,76719
1917#287,532#1,69319
1916#287,307#2,25912
1915#316,761#2,31011
1914#315,209#1,77213
1913#294,366#1,9459
1912#313,842#1,41712
1911#312,825#1,2908
1910#352,592#82214
1909#332,371#80413
1908#272,410#1,0218
1907#322,177#9309
1906#302,160#1,1116
1905#302,137#1,0916
1904#331,944#76010
1903#331,901—
1902#331,853—
1901#321,863—
1900#362,068#9029
1899#321,794#61311
1898#321,981#8048
1897#301,823#8527
1896#291,932#72210
1895#271,940—
1894#261,820#1,0745
1893#301,733#8367
1892#331,625#9566
1891#291,509—
1890#301,493#6679
1889#291,523#7897
1888#291,453#8157
1887#291,243#7527
1886#311,184#6479
1885#311,071#9365
1884#271,104—
1883#31881—
1882#29876—
1881#27778#5959
1880#28768#9095
First appearance
1880

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.

Where Edith is popular in 1894

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Edith
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1894 at #26 (1,820 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 71 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 59 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 59 yrs · run 1880–1937
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 117
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 23.3% of all girls named Edith (62,989) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s10,881#27 (1884)#29
1890s17,650#26 (1894)#30
1900s20,884#27 (1908)#32
1910s56,059#28 (1917)#30
1920s62,989#32 (1920)#42
1930s31,047#61 (1930)#83
1940s22,149#98 (1940)#124
1950s15,478#150 (1950)#201
1960s9,001#243 (1960)#308
1970s4,251#390 (1970)#466
1980s3,196#550 (1980)#594
1990s4,469#443 (1995)#543
2000s4,128#565 (2000)#673
2010s5,020#476 (2017)#620
2020s3,678#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 1894

girls
#26
1,820 births · 1 in 122 girls
boys
#1,074
5 births · 1 in 23,154 boys

Top girls' names in 1894

  1. #1Mary13,151
  2. #2Anna5,565
  3. #3Margaret3,700
  4. #4Helen3,676
  5. #5Elizabeth3,425
  6. #6Ruth3,372
  7. #7Ethel3,287
  8. #8Florence3,233
  9. #9Emma2,937
  10. #10Marie2,649
  11. #26Edith1,820

Top boys' names in 1894

  1. #1John8,237
  2. #2William7,274
  3. #3James5,110
  4. #4George4,365
  5. #5Charles3,788
  6. #6Joseph2,977
  7. #7Frank2,863
  8. #8Robert2,497
  9. #9Henry2,278
  10. #10Harry2,189
  11. #1,074Edith5
More about 1894

girls

222,922 girls got a published name in 1894; 1 in 122 of them was named Edith, which outranked 98.5% of the 1,702 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edith
  1. #23Hazel2,103
  2. #24Martha1,968
  3. #25Gertrude1,908
  4. #26Edith1,820
  5. #27Myrtle1,818
  6. #28Pearl1,789
  7. #29Frances1,776
Biggest movers since 1893
Risers
  1. ↑ 794Versie#1,437 → #643
  2. ↑ 613Nadine#1,277 → #664
  3. ↑ 587Genoveva#1,437 → #850
  4. ↑ 558Lavada#1,277 → #719
  5. ↑ 532Libby#1,437 → #905
Fallers
  1. ↓ 691Macy#794 → #1,485
  2. ↓ 659Fredericka#826 → #1,485
  3. ↓ 586Dee#767 → #1,353
  4. ↓ 584Katharyn#901 → #1,485
  5. ↓ 584Leva#901 → #1,485

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

115,768 boys got a published name in 1894; 1 in 23,154 of them was named Edith, which outranked 13.3% of the 1,239 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edith
  1. #954Williard6
  2. #954Zeb6
  3. #954Zollie6
  4. #1,074Edith5
  5. #1,074Acie5
  6. #1,074Adlai5
  7. #1,074Adolf5

Tied with 165 names at #1,074; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1893
Risers
  1. ↑ 514Levy#1,035 → #521
  2. ↑ 514Orrin#1,035 → #521
  3. ↑ 488Alvie#907 → #419
  4. ↑ 468Jonnie#1,035 → #567
  5. ↑ 441Carson#1,035 → #594
Fallers
  1. ↓ 683Lindsay#391 → #1,074
  2. ↓ 519Minnie#435 → #954
  3. ↓ 475Ludwig#479 → #954
  4. ↓ 459Alice#615 → #1,074
  5. ↓ 459Julia#615 → #1,074

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1894 →