Edyth — girls' name
2,278 babies named Edyth 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.
24% of everyone ever named Edyth was born in this single decade.
76 babies were named Edyth in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Edyth
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,278 babies named Edyth between 1880 and 2022, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Edyth currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 76 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Edyth performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 540 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Edyth shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 66 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Edyth in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Edyth in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,278 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Edyth at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Edyth popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1880
- Peak year (1918)
- 76
- Annual births at peak — across 143 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
2,278 total births across 143 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 76 births in a single year.
Edyth by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 540 births that decade — 24% of Edyth's all-time total
Edyth decade highlights
- Peak decade 540 births
- Runner-up 451 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Edyth's strongest decade
540 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Edyth by state
Where Edyth concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 66 | 2.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 43 | 1.9% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 25 | 1.1% |
| #4 | California | | 24 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 23 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 15 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Arkansas | | 12 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Oklahoma | | 10 | 0.4% |
66 of 2,278 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 2.9% of nationwide
- Texas 1.9% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 1.1% of nationwide
- California 1.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 16 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Edyth appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.