Girls' name · since 1880
Edythe
Edythe has 13,880 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1918 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,360 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,921 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13,880
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Edythe currently ranks #10921 among girls' names in America, with 13,880 babies recorded since 1880.
Social Security Administration records show Edythe recorded 13,880 times among girls since 1880, holding rank #10921 nationally today, ahead of 37% of girls, peaking in the 1910s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #1,360 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,921 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 13,880 born since 1880
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Edythe ranks #1,360 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,921 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 13,880 born since 1880, peaking in the 1910s.
- #1,360 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,921 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13,880
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Edythe's 13,880 recorded births place it above 98.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
43 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Edythe compares
13,880 Top 8% higher than 92% 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
Edythe's all-time total is 37x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Edythe | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 13,880 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 582 | 21 | 19,840 |
Edythe's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Edythe splits its recorded history at 1943: 14% of all births land in the more recent half, 86% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1918 peak of 582 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Edythe popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1918)
- 582
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Edythe by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (4,055 births, 29% of the file).
1910s was Edythe's strongest decade.
4,055 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Edythe births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 344
1880s
344 births
- 1890s 810
1890s
810 births
- 1900s 1,275
1900s
1,275 births
- 1910s
1910s
4,055 births
- 1920s
1920s
3,826 births
- 1930s 1,333
1930s
1,333 births
- 1940s 933
1940s
933 births
- 1950s 622
1950s
622 births
- 1960s 352
1960s
352 births
- 1970s 117
1970s
117 births
- 1980s 34
1980s
34 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 28
2000s
28 births
- 2010s 101
2010s
101 births
- 2020s 45
2020s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 4,055 births (29% of all-time use).
How Edythe 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 Edythe's total volume
Edythe by state
Where Edythe concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 1,759 | 12.7% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 1,162 | 8.4% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 593 | 4.3% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 564 | 4.1% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 505 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 374 | 2.7% |
| #7 | California | | 351 | 2.5% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 277 | 2.0% |
1,759 of 13,880 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 43 reporting states.
Edythe appears in 43 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Edythe's data
- Edythe's decade-level peak was the 1910s (4,055 total births); usage has since declined to 45 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Edythes (1,759 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 Edythe: 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 Edythe 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.