Edith
Edith was given to 595 girls in 2025, #499 among girls’ names; 271,705 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 64,000 Americans named Edith and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (24% of everyone recorded); the median is 66 years old and half are between 34 and 79.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Edith by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Edith mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Edith is “a female given name from Old English.”
Inherited from Old English Ēadġȳþ. Name of a 10th century English saint. Compare Swedish Edit.
/ˈidɪθ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Edith?
#499 among girls’ names, 2025
Edith rose from #524 in 2015 to #499 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.34 to 0.37 per 1,000.
7,877 babies in 1918, the peak
Edith peaked in 1918, when 7,877 babies were given it (7,858 girls, #30 among girls’ names). The 595 births of 2025 are 8% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 595 | #499 | 0.37 |
| 2024 | 581 | #528 | 0.36 |
| 2023 | 605 | #503 | 0.38 |
| 2022 | 609 | #514 | 0.37 |
| 2021 | 638 | #493 | 0.39 |
| 2020 | 650 | #472 | 0.40 |
| 2019 | 628 | #501 | 0.37 |
| 2018 | 605 | #517 | 0.36 |
| 2017 | 655 | #476 | 0.38 |
| 2016 | 641 | #486 | 0.36 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 599 | #524 | 0.34 |
| 2014 | 462 | #623 | 0.26 |
| 2013 | 387 | #716 | 0.22 |
| 2012 | 365 | #762 | 0.21 |
| 2011 | 352 | #772 | 0.20 |
| 2010 | 326 | #823 | 0.18 |
| 2009 | 333 | #840 | 0.18 |
| 2008 | 359 | #803 | 0.19 |
| 2007 | 400 | #728 | 0.21 |
| 2006 | 446 | #649 | 0.23 |
| 2005 | 448 | #627 | 0.24 |
| 2004 | 404 | #682 | 0.22 |
| 2003 | 389 | #677 | 0.21 |
| 2002 | 459 | #571 | 0.26 |
| 2001 | 428 | #592 | 0.24 |
| 2000 | 462 | #565 | 0.25 |
| 1999 | 426 | #581 | 0.24 |
| 1998 | 412 | #587 | 0.23 |
| 1997 | 430 | #548 | 0.25 |
| 1996 | 410 | #566 | 0.23 |
| 1995 | 577 | #443 | 0.33 |
| 1994 | 507 | #493 | 0.28 |
| 1993 | 412 | #576 | 0.23 |
| 1992 | 428 | #549 | 0.23 |
| 1991 | 444 | #527 | 0.24 |
| 1990 | 423 | #557 | 0.22 |
| 1989 | 360 | #596 | 0.20 |
| 1988 | 335 | #597 | 0.19 |
| 1987 | 316 | #612 | 0.18 |
| 1986 | 339 | #576 | 0.20 |
| 1985 | 307 | #616 | 0.18 |
| 1984 | 294 | #608 | 0.17 |
| 1983 | 288 | #610 | 0.17 |
| 1982 | 296 | #607 | 0.17 |
| 1981 | 322 | #574 | 0.19 |
| 1980 | 339 | #550 | 0.20 |
| 1979 | 338 | #551 | 0.21 |
| 1978 | 331 | #540 | 0.22 |
| 1977 | 340 | #533 | 0.22 |
| 1976 | 419 | #459 | 0.29 |
| 1975 | 394 | #472 | 0.27 |
| 1974 | 402 | #453 | 0.27 |
| 1973 | 424 | #443 | 0.29 |
| 1972 | 476 | #413 | 0.31 |
| 1971 | 527 | #407 | 0.32 |
| 1970 | 600 | #390 | 0.34 |
| 1969 | 603 | #381 | 0.36 |
| 1968 | 604 | #369 | 0.37 |
| 1967 | 673 | #343 | 0.41 |
| 1966 | 800 | #312 | 0.47 |
| 1965 | 889 | #300 | 0.50 |
| 1964 | 966 | #296 | 0.51 |
| 1963 | 1,000 | #293 | 0.52 |
| 1962 | 1,020 | #284 | 0.52 |
| 1961 | 1,164 | #262 | 0.58 |
| 1960 | 1,282 | #243 | 0.63 |
| 1959 | 1,357 | #233 | 0.67 |
| 1958 | 1,318 | #230 | 0.66 |
| 1957 | 1,412 | #223 | 0.69 |
| 1956 | 1,477 | #211 | 0.74 |
| 1955 | 1,524 | #204 | 0.78 |
| 1954 | 1,422 | #211 | 0.73 |
| 1953 | 1,526 | #202 | 0.81 |
| 1952 | 1,639 | #183 | 0.88 |
| 1951 | 1,850 | #165 | 1.0 |
| 1950 | 1,953 | #150 | 1.1 |
| 1949 | 2,064 | #145 | 1.2 |
| 1948 | 2,082 | #140 | 1.2 |
| 1947 | 2,201 | #136 | 1.2 |
| 1946 | 1,975 | #136 | 1.3 |
| 1945 | 1,842 | #132 | 1.4 |
| 1944 | 2,175 | #123 | 1.6 |
| 1943 | 2,380 | #118 | 1.7 |
| 1942 | 2,458 | #113 | 1.8 |
| 1941 | 2,462 | #103 | 2.0 |
| 1940 | 2,510 | #98 | 2.2 |
| 1939 | 2,474 | #102 | 2.3 |
| 1938 | 2,600 | #102 | 2.4 |
| 1937 | 2,647 | #96 | 2.5 |
| 1936 | 2,759 | #87 | 2.7 |
| 1935 | 2,830 | #87 | 2.7 |
| 1934 | 3,012 | #81 | 2.9 |
| 1933 | 3,110 | #80 | 3.1 |
| 1932 | 3,570 | #69 | 3.3 |
| 1931 | 3,772 | #65 | 3.5 |
| 1930 | 4,273 | #61 | 3.8 |
| 1929 | 4,455 | #59 | 4.0 |
| 1928 | 4,846 | #56 | 4.2 |
| 1927 | 5,403 | #48 | 4.5 |
| 1926 | 5,786 | #42 | 4.9 |
| 1925 | 6,275 | #42 | 5.2 |
| 1924 | 6,890 | #36 | 5.5 |
| 1923 | 6,836 | #36 | 5.7 |
| 1922 | 7,136 | #34 | 5.9 |
| 1921 | 7,589 | #33 | 6.2 |
| 1920 | 7,773 | #32 | 6.5 |
| 1919 | 7,767 | #29 | 6.9 |
| 1918 | 7,858 | #30 | 6.8 |
| 1917 | 7,532 | #28 | 7.0 |
| 1916 | 7,307 | #28 | 7.0 |
| 1915 | 6,761 | #31 | 6.9 |
| 1914 | 5,209 | #31 | 6.8 |
| 1913 | 4,366 | #29 | 7.0 |
| 1912 | 3,842 | #31 | 6.9 |
| 1911 | 2,825 | #31 | 6.8 |
| 1910 | 2,592 | #35 | 6.5 |
| 1909 | 2,371 | #33 | 6.8 |
| 1908 | 2,410 | #27 | 7.2 |
| 1907 | 2,177 | #32 | 6.8 |
| 1906 | 2,160 | #30 | 7.3 |
| 1905 | 2,137 | #30 | 7.3 |
| 1904 | 1,944 | #33 | 7.1 |
| 1903 | 1,901 | #33 | 7.3 |
| 1902 | 1,853 | #33 | 7.0 |
| 1901 | 1,863 | #32 | 7.8 |
| 1900 | 2,068 | #36 | 6.9 |
| 1899 | 1,794 | #32 | 7.7 |
| 1898 | 1,981 | #32 | 7.7 |
| 1897 | 1,823 | #30 | 7.8 |
| 1896 | 1,932 | #29 | 8.1 |
| 1895 | 1,940 | #27 | 8.3 |
| 1894 | 1,820 | #26 | 8.2 |
| 1893 | 1,733 | #30 | 8.1 |
| 1892 | 1,625 | #33 | 7.7 |
| 1891 | 1,509 | #29 | 8.1 |
| 1890 | 1,493 | #30 | 7.8 |
| 1889 | 1,523 | #29 | 8.5 |
| 1888 | 1,453 | #29 | 8.1 |
| 1887 | 1,243 | #29 | 8.5 |
| 1886 | 1,184 | #31 | 8.2 |
| 1885 | 1,071 | #31 | 8.0 |
| 1884 | 1,104 | #27 | 8.6 |
| 1883 | 881 | #31 | 7.8 |
| 1882 | 876 | #29 | 8.1 |
| 1881 | 778 | #27 | 8.5 |
| 1880 | 768 | #28 | 8.4 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Edith a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Edith has been given almost only to girls: 825 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Edith: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Edith, and how old are they?
64,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 24% of the 271,705 Americans ever recorded as Edith. The median Edith alive today is 66 years old; half are between 34 and 79.
The 2020 Census counted 92,920 people named Edith (92,660 women and girls, 260 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 76,493 born in the U.S. The Census count is 21% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 13,800 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 22,200 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 7,530 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 5,930 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 6,370 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 7,610 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Edith born?
The states with the most babies named Edith are New York, Pennsylvania and Texas, with 22% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 20,115 | #571 | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 16,248 | #733 | 0.9× |
| Texas | 11,624 | #618 | 0.9× |
| California | 11,413 | #719 | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 10,197 | #429 | 1.3× |
| Illinois | 9,308 | #459 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 9,009 | #376 | 0.8× |
| Virginia | 8,910 | #473 | 1.6× |
| Kentucky | 7,730 | #514 | 1.4× |
| Tennessee | 6,899 | #398 | 1.2× |
Where Edith is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Edith is most over-represented in Virginia: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Edith with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 274,134 babies since 1880, Edith is the most given (99% of them). In 2025 it was given to 595 of their 600 babies (99%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Edith
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Edith and names like it
- Compare Edith and EdythBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sEdith peaked in 1918.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Edith since 1910.
- Old English namesWiktionary’s origin for Edith: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Edith.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Edith alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with EMost given first.