Edythe — #12123 US girls' name
13,872 babies named Edythe 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.
More common than 31% of names given to girls today.
29% of everyone ever named Edythe was born in this single decade.
582 babies were named Edythe in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Edythe
The Social Security Administration has registered 13,872 babies named Edythe between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Edythe currently holds the #12123 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 582 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Edythe performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 4,055 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Edythe shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,759 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Edythe in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Edythe 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 13,872 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.
Edythe at a glance
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Current rank
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Edythe popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1918)
- 582
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #12123 among girls.
13,872 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 582 births in a single year.
Edythe by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 4,055 births that decade — 29% of Edythe's all-time total
Edythe decade highlights
- Peak decade 4,055 births
- Runner-up 3,826 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Edythe's strongest decade
4,055 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
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 13,872 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 43 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 12.7% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 8.4% of nationwide
- New Jersey 4.3% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.1% of nationwide
- Ohio 3.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 43 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 12.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Edythe appears in 43 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, 1880–2024 (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.