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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201958peak #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 1958

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Edith, so not publishedAKMaine: #206 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,201 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Edith, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Edith, so not publishedNHWashington: #362 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,847 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Edith, so not publishedIDMontana: #249 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,314 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Edith, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #356 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,777 girlsMNIllinois: #238 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 1,634 girlsILWisconsin: #276 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,550 girlsWIMichigan: #240 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 1,768 girlsMINew York: #230 for girls · 123 births · 1 in 1,379 girlsNYMassachusetts: #193 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 1,489 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Edith, so not publishedRIOregon: #338 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,533 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Edith, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Edith, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #234 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,409 girlsSDIowa: #352 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,438 girlsIAIndiana: #313 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,522 girlsINOhio: #216 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 1,425 girlsOHPennsylvania: #241 for girls · 69 births · 1 in 1,680 girlsPANew Jersey: #239 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 1,690 girlsNJConnecticut: #300 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,696 girlsCTCalifornia: #284 for girls · 95 births · 1 in 1,716 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Edith, so not publishedUTColorado: #257 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,427 girlsCONebraska: #333 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,774 girlsNEMissouri: #253 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,855 girlsMOKentucky: #214 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,371 girlsKYWest Virginia: #210 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,289 girlsWVVirginia: #152 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 785 girlsVAMaryland: #179 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 968 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Edith, so not publishedDEArizona: #304 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,560 girlsAZNew Mexico: #376 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,302 girlsNMKansas: #263 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,754 girlsKSArkansas: #269 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,629 girlsARTennessee: #169 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 990 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #130 for girls · 78 births · 1 in 631 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #134 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 610 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #337 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,703 girlsDCOklahoma: #238 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,523 girlsOKLouisiana: #239 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,310 girlsLAMississippi: #191 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 973 girlsMSAlabama: #187 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 947 girlsALGeorgia: #152 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 765 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Edith, so not publishedHITexas: #275 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 1,538 girlsTXFlorida: #200 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 1,158 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Carolina#130 · 1 in 631
  2. South Carolina#134 · 1 in 610
  3. Georgia#152 · 1 in 765
  4. Virginia#152 · 1 in 785
  5. Tennessee#169 · 1 in 990

Best ever in a state: #8 in West Virginia, 1913.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Carolina#130781 in 631
South Carolina#134441 in 610
Georgia#152591 in 765
Virginia#152521 in 785
Tennessee#169371 in 990
Maryland#179311 in 968
Alabama#187381 in 947
Mississippi#191261 in 973
Massachusetts#193361 in 1,489
Florida#200411 in 1,158
Maine#20681 in 1,201
West Virginia#210151 in 1,289
Kentucky#214241 in 1,371
Ohio#216751 in 1,425
New York#2301231 in 1,379
South Dakota#23451 in 1,409
Illinois#238651 in 1,634
Oklahoma#238141 in 1,523
Louisiana#239301 in 1,310
New Jersey#239341 in 1,690
Michigan#240521 in 1,768
Pennsylvania#241691 in 1,680
Montana#24951 in 1,314
Missouri#253241 in 1,855
Colorado#257131 in 1,427
Kansas#263121 in 1,754
Arkansas#269111 in 1,629
Texas#275731 in 1,538
Wisconsin#276171 in 2,550
California#284951 in 1,716
Connecticut#30091 in 2,696
Arizona#30491 in 1,560
Indiana#313201 in 2,522
Nebraska#33351 in 2,774
District of Columbia#33751 in 2,703
Oregon#33861 in 2,533
Iowa#35281 in 3,438
Minnesota#356101 in 3,777
Washington#362101 in 2,847
New Mexico#37651 in 2,302
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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
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 1958

girls
#230
1,318 births · 1 in 1,526 girls
boys
#3,559
6 births · 1 in 353,735 boys

Top girls' names in 1958

  1. #1Mary55,848
  2. #2Susan45,175
  3. #3Linda41,904
  4. #4Karen38,487
  5. #5Patricia37,961
  6. #6Debra35,521
  7. #7Deborah32,943
  8. #8Cynthia31,014
  9. #9Barbara27,874
  10. #10Donna26,959
  11. #230Edith1,318

Top boys' names in 1958

  1. #1Michael90,604
  2. #2David82,681
  3. #3James78,774
  4. #4Robert77,338
  5. #5John76,057
  6. #6William54,254
  7. #7Mark52,698
  8. #8Richard50,007
  9. #9Thomas42,088
  10. #10Steven32,968
  11. #3,559Edith6
More about 1958

girls

2,011,619 girls got a published name in 1958; 1 in 1,526 of them was named Edith, which outranked 96.7% of the 7,030 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edith
  1. #227Chris1,340
  2. #228Sherrie1,338
  3. #229Jayne1,326
  4. #230Edith1,318
  5. #231Jamie1,312
  6. #231Mildred1,312
  7. #233Tammie1,311
Biggest movers since 1957
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,133Brigitte#1,904 → #771
  2. ↑ 760Samantha#1,754 → #994
  3. ↑ 709Selena#1,388 → #679
  4. ↑ 672Tambra#1,588 → #916
  5. ↑ 570Bridgette#1,274 → #704
Fallers
  1. ↓ 312Sarita#970 → #1,282
  2. ↓ 311Beryl#910 → #1,221
  3. ↓ 309Sherree#827 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 275Winnie#965 → #1,240
  5. ↓ 236Jacalyn#975 → #1,211

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

boys

2,122,409 boys got a published name in 1958; 1 in 353,735 of them was named Edith, which outranked 20.9% of the 4,502 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edith
  1. #3,275Willliam7
  2. #3,275Wwlliam7
  3. #3,275Yehuda7
  4. #3,559Edith6
  5. #3,559Abdul6
  6. #3,559Abelino6
  7. #3,559Abie6
  8. #3,944Addis5
  9. #3,944Adger5
  10. #3,944Adolpho5

Tied with 384 names at #3,559; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1957
Risers
  1. ↑ 742Wayde#1,364 → #622
  2. ↑ 568Maverick#1,364 → #796
  3. ↑ 516Darren#897 → #381
  4. ↑ 435Tobin#1,250 → #815
  5. ↑ 406Dion#928 → #522
Fallers
  1. ↓ 388Claud#957 → #1,345
  2. ↓ 349Ritchie#823 → #1,172
  3. ↓ 333Levon#944 → #1,277
  4. ↓ 320Weston#957 → #1,277
  5. ↓ 297Parker#925 → #1,222

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

See the top 100 for 1958 →