Girls' name · since 1880
Edith
270,880 babies named Edith in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #148 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #499 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 270,880
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Edith currently ranks #499 among girls' names in America, with 270,880 babies recorded since 1880.
Social Security Administration records show Edith recorded 270,880 times among girls since 1880, holding rank #499 nationally today, ahead of 97% of girls, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #148 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #499 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 270,880 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Edith ranks #148 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #499 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 270,880 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #148 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #499 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 270,880
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Edith's 270,880 recorded births place it above 99.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Edith compares
270,880 Top 1% higher than 99% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Edith's all-time total is 720x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Edith | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 270,880 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7,858 | 21 | 19,840 |
Edith's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Edith's SSA record in two at 1953 and the more recent half accounts for 16% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 84%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1983, with only 288 births recorded -- set against the 1918 peak of 7,858, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Edith popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1918)
- 7,858
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Edith popularity over time - boys
825 total births recorded since 1880 (Edith as boys' name)
Edith by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (62,989 births, 23% of the file).
1920s was Edith's strongest decade.
62,989 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Edith births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 10,881
1880s
10,881 births
- 1890s 17,650
1890s
17,650 births
- 1900s 20,884
1900s
20,884 births
- 1910s
1910s
56,059 births
- 1920s
1920s
62,989 births
- 1930s
1930s
31,047 births
- 1940s 22,149
1940s
22,149 births
- 1950s 15,478
1950s
15,478 births
- 1960s 9,001
1960s
9,001 births
- 1970s 4,251
1970s
4,251 births
- 1980s 3,196
1980s
3,196 births
- 1990s 4,469
1990s
4,469 births
- 2000s 4,128
2000s
4,128 births
- 2010s 5,020
2010s
5,020 births
- 2020s 3,678
2020s
3,678 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 62,989 births (23% of all-time use).
How Edith compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Edith's total volume
Edith by state
Where Edith concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 20,115 | 7.4% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 16,248 | 6.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 11,624 | 4.3% |
| #4 | California | | 11,406 | 4.2% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 10,197 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 9,308 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 9,009 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 8,910 | 3.3% |
20,115 of 270,880 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Edith appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Edith's data
- Edith's decade-level peak was the 1920s (62,989 total births); usage has since declined to 3,678 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Ediths (20,115 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Edith: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Edith 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.