Girls' name · since 1981
Edita
Edita has 77 recorded births since 1981 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,023 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 77
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Edita is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 77 have been recorded since 1981.
Social Security Administration records show Edita recorded 77 times among girls since 1981, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2008.
- #30,023 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 77 born since 1981
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Edita ranks #30,023 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 77 born since 1981, peaking in the 2000s.
- #30,023 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 77
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Edita's 77 recorded births place it above 58.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Edita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Edita splits its recorded history at 2002: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1981 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Edita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2008
- Peak year (2000)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Edita by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (50 births, 65% of the file).
2000s was Edita's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Edita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
22 births
- 2000s
2000s
50 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 50 births (65% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Edita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~27 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1981–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Edita draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.