Edythe

#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births

Peak · girls
1915 · 542 births
Debut · girls
19 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
13,880
since 1880

Edythe over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Edythe has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201916peak #256, 1915girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#10,9178
2024#12,1617
2023#10,3129
2022#13,5926
2021#10,2929
2020#13,4536
2019#9,73610
2018#11,4278
2017#10,6899
2016#8,87512
2015#13,0067
2014#7,63615
2013#8,58013
2012#12,1998
2011#9,72311
2010#12,2768
2009#17,2945
2008—
2007#17,6365
2006#13,6067
2005#16,4625
2004—
2003—
2002—
2001#13,5216
2000—
1999—
1998—
1997—
1996—
1995—
1994#13,4305
1993—
1992—
1991—
1990—
1989—
1988—
1987—
1986—
1985#10,6775
1984#10,4225
1983—
1982#8,2247
1981#8,1287
1980#6,31910
1979#7,3138
1978#9,7505
1977#5,88810
1976#8,1566
1975#5,16111
1974#6,2588
1973#3,97115
1972#3,71416
1971#3,26620
1970#3,43518
1969#3,61915
1968#2,43126
1967#2,96318
1966#2,24928
1965#1,76841
1964#1,70846
1963#1,59850
1962#1,80740
1961#1,92136
1960#1,54252
1959#1,41757
1958#1,55747
1957#1,27468
1956#1,27966
1955#1,32058
1954#1,40951
1953#1,21363
1952#1,29754
1951#1,06376
1950#1,00782
1949#99282
1948#96781
1947#90995
1946#85793
1945#77992
1944#81787
1943#79595
1942#78594
1941#678107
1940#669107
1939#668103
1938#638116
1937#640112
1936#606117
1935#604116
1934#542142
1933#541138
1932#528154
1931#485176
1930#539159
1929#486191
1928#421261
1927#401293
1926#391310
1925#342386
1924#317442
1923#312423
1922#292487
1921#290521
1920#291512
1919#280517
1918#260582
1917#263561
1916#271507
1915#256542
1914#273365
1913#259318
1912#261293
1911#291181
1910#282189
1909#292151
1908#292147
1907#283153
1906#276146
1905#309117
1904#299116
1903#32690
1902#296113
1901#263123
1900#301119
1899#31491
1898#283116
1897#28698
1896#30790
1895#30988
1894#31877
1893#31971
1892#32071
1891#34453
1890#34755
1889#32457
1888#34946
1887#29751
1886#30546
1885#32439
1884#44920
1883#38623
1882#36024
1881#38419
1880#37519
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Edythe was already there! It came in at #375, and was given to 19 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1983–2000, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Edythe is popular in 1916

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Edythe, so not publishedAKMaine: #173 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 817 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Edythe, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Edythe, so not publishedNHWashington: #115 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 524 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Edythe, so not publishedIDMontana: #157 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 731 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #170 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 938 girlsNDMinnesota: #210 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,443 girlsMNIllinois: #189 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 1,316 girlsILWisconsin: #301 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,941 girlsWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Edythe, so not publishedMINew York: #199 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 1,343 girlsNYMassachusetts: #182 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,446 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Edythe, so not publishedRIOregon: #184 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 972 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Edythe, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Edythe, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Edythe, so not publishedSDIowa: #244 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,881 girlsIAIndiana: #255 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,155 girlsINOhio: #231 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,999 girlsOHPennsylvania: #170 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 1,257 girlsPANew Jersey: #156 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 897 girlsNJConnecticut: #192 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,453 girlsCTCalifornia: #356 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,259 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Edythe, so not publishedUTColorado: #125 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 566 girlsCONebraska: #265 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,877 girlsNEMissouri: #387 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,606 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Edythe, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #321 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,532 girlsWVVirginia: #281 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,697 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Edythe, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Edythe, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Edythe, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Edythe, so not publishedNMKansas: #259 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,850 girlsKSArkansas: #284 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,639 girlsARTennessee: #299 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,311 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Edythe, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Edythe, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Edythe, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #325 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,292 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Edythe, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Edythe, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Edythe, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Edythe, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Edythe, so not publishedHITexas: #553 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,504 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Edythe, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Washington#115 · 1 in 524
  2. Colorado#125 · 1 in 566
  3. New Jersey#156 · 1 in 897
  4. Montana#157 · 1 in 731
  5. North Dakota#170 · 1 in 938

Best ever in a state: #103 in North Dakota, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Washington#115161 in 524
Colorado#125121 in 566
New Jersey#156321 in 897
Montana#15771 in 731
North Dakota#17081 in 938
Pennsylvania#170711 in 1,257
Maine#17371 in 817
Massachusetts#182231 in 1,446
Oregon#18451 in 972
Illinois#189441 in 1,316
Connecticut#19291 in 1,453
New York#199701 in 1,343
Minnesota#210151 in 1,443
Ohio#231241 in 1,999
Iowa#244111 in 1,881
Indiana#255111 in 2,155
Kansas#25981 in 1,850
Nebraska#26561 in 1,877
Virginia#28191 in 2,697
Arkansas#284101 in 1,639
Tennessee#299101 in 2,311
Wisconsin#30181 in 2,941
West Virginia#32161 in 2,532
Oklahoma#32581 in 2,292
California#35661 in 3,259
Missouri#38781 in 3,606
Texas#553101 in 4,504
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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 Edythe
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,244 spots since 2024 (#12,161 → #10,917)
  • 2,536 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #10,917)
  • 2,089 spots since 2015 (#13,006 → #10,917)
  • Biggest jump: 125 spots in 1885 (#449 → #324)
  • Biggest drop: 107 spots in 1942 (#678 → #785)
Rise & fade · girls
35 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1915 at #256 (542 births)
  • Births halved by 1928, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 70 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1880–1949
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,815
  • Highest: 1 in 1,815 girls born in 1915 were named Edythe (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 29.2% of all girls named Edythe (4,055) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s344#297 (1887)#355
1890s810#283 (1898)#315
1900s1,275#263 (1901)#294
1910s4,055#256 (1915)#270
1920s3,826#290 (1921)#354
1930s1,333#485 (1931)#579
1940s933#669 (1940)#825
1950s622#1,007 (1950)#1,284
1960s352#1,542 (1960)#2,161
1970s117#3,266 (1971)#5,691
1980s34#6,319 (1980)#8,754
1990s5#13,430 (1994)#13,430
2000s28#13,521 (2001)#15,704
2010s101#7,636 (2014)#10,415
2020s45#10,292 (2021)#11,788

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.

Edythe in 1916

girls
#271
507 births · 1 in 2,060 girls

Top girls' names in 1916

  1. #1Mary61,438
  2. #2Helen32,661
  3. #3Dorothy27,418
  4. #4Margaret24,953
  5. #5Ruth23,189
  6. #6Mildred15,633
  7. #7Anna15,228
  8. #8Elizabeth14,940
  9. #9Frances13,746
  10. #10Virginia12,487
  11. #271Edythe507
More about 1916

girls

1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 2,060 of them was named Edythe, which outranked 94.7% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Edythe
  1. #268Harriett511
  2. #269Virgie509
  3. #270Carmen508
  4. #271Edythe507
  5. #272Beverly495
  6. #273Clarice484
  7. #274Winnie477
Biggest movers since 1915
Risers
  1. ↑ 567Trinidad#1,317 → #750
  2. ↑ 388Coral#1,367 → #979
  3. ↑ 377Coletta#1,317 → #940
  4. ↑ 370Clifford#1,285 → #915
  5. ↑ 327Maida#1,231 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 364Louis#934 → #1,298
  2. ↓ 354Herminia#944 → #1,298
  3. ↓ 346Gertha#900 → #1,246
  4. ↓ 344Lahoma#934 → #1,278
  5. ↓ 310Hassie#900 → #1,210

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

See the top 100 for 1916 →