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.
Where Edith is popular in 1920
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alaska#11 · 1 in 33
- Nevada#13 · 1 in 41
- West Virginia#13 · 1 in 85
- Virginia#15 · 1 in 81
- Kentucky#16 · 1 in 94
Best ever in a state: #8 in West Virginia, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | #11 | 7 | 1 in 33 |
| Nevada | #13 | 7 | 1 in 41 |
| West Virginia | #13 | 217 | 1 in 85 |
| Virginia | #15 | 357 | 1 in 81 |
| Kentucky | #16 | 309 | 1 in 94 |
| Delaware | #19 | 24 | 1 in 83 |
| Tennessee | #20 | 281 | 1 in 99 |
| District of Columbia | #22 | 32 | 1 in 103 |
| Maryland | #22 | 122 | 1 in 122 |
| North Carolina | #22 | 333 | 1 in 112 |
| Oklahoma | #22 | 219 | 1 in 116 |
| Wyoming | #22 | 17 | 1 in 94 |
| Florida | #23 | 85 | 1 in 124 |
| Colorado | #24 | 77 | 1 in 116 |
| Maine | #25 | 62 | 1 in 109 |
| Montana | #26 | 45 | 1 in 112 |
| Rhode Island | #27 | 51 | 1 in 110 |
| Massachusetts | #29 | 312 | 1 in 116 |
| Missouri | #29 | 214 | 1 in 143 |
| New Jersey | #29 | 230 | 1 in 138 |
| Arkansas | #30 | 144 | 1 in 144 |
| Idaho | #30 | 35 | 1 in 124 |
| Washington | #30 | 80 | 1 in 131 |
| California | #32 | 173 | 1 in 163 |
| Pennsylvania | #32 | 686 | 1 in 142 |
| Kansas | #33 | 110 | 1 in 150 |
| New York | #33 | 721 | 1 in 137 |
| South Carolina | #33 | 178 | 1 in 139 |
| Vermont | #33 | 21 | 1 in 124 |
| Oregon | #34 | 42 | 1 in 142 |
| Indiana | #35 | 164 | 1 in 161 |
| Texas | #35 | 288 | 1 in 198 |
| Connecticut | #36 | 106 | 1 in 130 |
| Ohio | #37 | 344 | 1 in 161 |
| Utah | #37 | 35 | 1 in 145 |
| Hawaii | #38 | 20 | 1 in 149 |
| Illinois | #39 | 330 | 1 in 179 |
| Iowa | #41 | 132 | 1 in 169 |
| South Dakota | #44 | 42 | 1 in 161 |
| Alabama | #45 | 166 | 1 in 185 |
| Michigan | #46 | 209 | 1 in 181 |
| Louisiana | #52 | 108 | 1 in 210 |
| New Hampshire | #53 | 19 | 1 in 189 |
| Arizona | #56 | 18 | 1 in 208 |
| Georgia | #57 | 180 | 1 in 208 |
| Nebraska | #57 | 56 | 1 in 226 |
| North Dakota | #57 | 42 | 1 in 179 |
| Wisconsin | #57 | 119 | 1 in 205 |
| Minnesota | #60 | 108 | 1 in 212 |
| Mississippi | #70 | 84 | 1 in 255 |
| New Mexico | #91 | 12 | 1 in 317 |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1920
Top girls' names in 1920
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
girls
1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 154 of them was named Edith, which outranked 99.4% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 40,937 of them was named Edith, which outranked 70.8% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,416Salvadore27
- #1,416Sonny27
- #1,416Thurmon27
- #1,457Edith26
- #1,457Alf26
- #1,457Alferd26
- #1,457Archer26
- #1,505Adan25
- #1,505Albino25
- #1,505Antoine25
Tied with 47 names at #1,457; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.