Girls' name · since 1956
Edye
Since 1956, U.S. Social Security records show 173 babies named Edye, peaking in 1959. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,316 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 173
- born since 1956
- 1960s
- peak decade
Edye is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 173 have been recorded since 1956.
Social Security Administration records show Edye recorded 173 times among girls since 1956, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1960s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 1999.
- #21,316 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 173 born since 1956
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Edye ranks #21,316 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 173 born since 1956, peaking in the 1960s.
- #21,316 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 173
- born since 1956
- 1960s
- peak decade
Edye's 173 recorded births place it above 70.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Edye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Edye splits its recorded history at 1964: 40% of all births land in the more recent half, 60% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1957 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1959 peak of 24 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Edye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–1999
- Peak year (1959)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Edye by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (91 births, 53% of the file).
1960s was Edye's strongest decade.
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Edye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
54 births
- 1960s
1960s
91 births
- 1970s 22
1970s
22 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 91 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Edye's decade-level peak was the 1960s (91 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1990s -- 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 Edye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1959)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1956–1999 (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 Edye 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.