Girls' name · since 1898
Edithe
Edithe has 270 recorded births since 1898 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1915 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,847 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 270
- born since 1898
- 1920s
- peak decade
Edithe is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 270 have been recorded since 1898.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Edithe has been recorded 270 times among girls since 1898, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1898 to 1937.
- #16,847 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 270 born since 1898
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Edithe ranks #16,847 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 270 born since 1898, peaking in the 1920s.
- #16,847 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 270
- born since 1898
- 1920s
- peak decade
Edithe's 270 recorded births place it above 76.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Edithe's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Edithe's SSA record in two at 1922 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1912, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1915 peak of 25, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Edithe popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1898–1937
- Peak year (1915)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Edithe by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (112 births, 41% of the file).
1920s was Edithe's strongest decade.
112 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Edithe births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 13
1890s
13 births
- 1900s 6
1900s
6 births
- 1910s
1910s
102 births
- 1920s
1920s
112 births
- 1930s 37
1930s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 112 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Edithe's decade-level peak was the 1920s (112 total births); usage has since declined to 37 in the 1930s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Edithe: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1915)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1898–1937 (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 Edithe 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.