Edie — #1760 US girls' name
5,579 babies named Edie in U.S. Social Security records since 1888, with the highest year being 1963. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 90% of names given to girls today.
24% of everyone ever named Edie was born in this single decade.
211 babies were named Edie in 1963 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Edie
The Social Security Administration has registered 5,579 babies named Edie between 1888 and 2024, spanning 137 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Edie currently holds the #1760 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 211 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Edie performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 1,353 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Edie shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 562 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Edie in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Edie in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 5,579 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Edie at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Edie popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1888
- Peak year (1963)
- 211
- Annual births at peak — across 137 years of records
Currently ranks #1760 among girls.
5,579 total births across 137 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1963 with 211 births in a single year.
Edie popularity over time — boys
80 total births recorded since 1880 (Edie as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Edie accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Edie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 1,353 births that decade — 24% of Edie's all-time total
Edie decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,353 births
- Runner-up 1,096 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Edie's strongest decade
1,353 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Edie by state
Where Edie concentrates geographically — total births since 1888
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 562 | 10.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 393 | 7.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 200 | 3.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 166 | 3.0% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 128 | 2.3% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 107 | 1.9% |
| #7 | Florida | | 76 | 1.4% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 76 | 1.4% |
562 of 5,579 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.1% of nationwide
- Texas 7.0% of nationwide
- New York 3.6% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.0% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 31 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Edie appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1888–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.