Meaning not yet researched.
Edith: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 595 in 2025. Its best rank was #26 in 1894.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #26 in 1894; #499 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Edith in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#499 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1894, at #26.
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Edith: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 595 girls in 2025. Peak: #26 in 1894 · most girls in one year: 7,858 (1918).
In 2025, 595 US girls were named Edith, making it the 499th most common girls’ name of the year, up 29 places from #528 in 2024. That is 14 more than the 581 girls named Edith in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #26, reached in 1894. The most girls given the name in a single year was 7,858, in 1918. For comparison, it was #524 in 2015 and #150 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Edith in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 773 babies with the name. In all, 271,705 US babies have been given the name, 99.6% of them girls and 0.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 63,172 babies named Edith.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 6,207 US girls were named Edith; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 655. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,701 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Edith ranked highest in Vermont in 2025, at #66 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Edythe (13,880 babies since 1880) and Edyth (2,283 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Edithe, Edit and Eddith are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Edie and Edye.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Edithe (270), Edit (179), Eddith (146), Edita (77), Edieth (11), Edyta (10).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 14 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 6 | #66 | — |
| North Dakota | 7 | #147 | #84 |
| Maine | 6 | #179 | — |
| New Hampshire | 5 | #244 | — |
| Indiana | 27 | #262 | #452 |
| West Virginia | 6 | #282 | — |
| Nebraska | 7 | #303 | #329 |
| Minnesota | 18 | #313 | #297 |
| Washington | 22 | #333 | #465 |
| Arkansas | 9 | #345 | — |
| Michigan | 25 | #356 | #388 |
| Colorado | 17 | #360 | #347 |
| Oregon | 10 | #365 | #348 |
| Ohio | 30 | #376 | #550 |
| Tennessee | 20 | #398 | #384 |
| Kansas | 8 | #414 | #372 |
| Utah | 10 | #415 | #408 |
| North Carolina | 26 | #429 | #612 |
| Louisiana | 10 | #443 | #601 |
| Mississippi | 6 | #455 | — |
| Wisconsin | 11 | #456 | #400 |
| Illinois | 23 | #459 | #564 |
| Virginia | 17 | #473 | #981 |
| Arizona | 14 | #489 | #504 |
| Alabama | 10 | #492 | #636 |
| Oklahoma | 8 | #506 | #801 |
| Kentucky | 8 | #514 | #657 |
| Maryland | 9 | #565 | #588 |
| New York | 29 | #571 | #449 |
| South Carolina | 8 | #575 | #476 |
| Texas | 51 | #618 | #505 |
| Massachusetts | 8 | #643 | #378 |
| Georgia | 16 | #653 | #514 |
| California | 43 | #719 | #521 |
| Pennsylvania | 13 | #733 | #968 |
| New Jersey | 7 | #969 | #807 |
| Florida | 13 | #1,133 | #914 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 595 | #499 | — | — |
| 2024 | 581 | #528 | — | — |
| 2023 | 605 | #503 | — | — |
| 2022 | 609 | #514 | — | — |
| 2021 | 638 | #493 | — | — |
| 2020 | 650 | #472 | — | — |
| 2019 | 628 | #501 | — | — |
| 2018 | 605 | #517 | — | — |
| 2017 | 655 | #476 | — | — |
| 2016 | 641 | #486 | — | — |
| 2015 | 599 | #524 | — | — |
| 2014 | 462 | #623 | — | — |
| 2013 | 387 | #716 | — | — |
| 2012 | 365 | #762 | — | — |
| 2011 | 352 | #772 | — | — |
| 2010 | 326 | #823 | — | — |
| 2009 | 333 | #840 | — | — |
| 2008 | 359 | #803 | — | — |
| 2007 | 400 | #728 | — | — |
| 2006 | 446 | #649 | — | — |
| 2005 | 448 | #627 | — | — |
| 2004 | 404 | #682 | — | — |
| 2003 | 389 | #677 | — | — |
| 2002 | 459 | #571 | — | — |
| 2001 | 428 | #592 | — | — |
| 2000 | 462 | #565 | — | — |
| 1999 | 426 | #581 | — | — |
| 1998 | 412 | #587 | — | — |
| 1997 | 430 | #548 | — | — |
| 1996 | 410 | #566 | — | — |
| 1995 | 577 | #443 | 7 | #7,231 |
| 1994 | 507 | #493 | 5 | #9,240 |
| 1993 | 412 | #576 | — | — |
| 1992 | 428 | #549 | 8 | #6,299 |
| 1991 | 444 | #527 | — | — |
| 1990 | 423 | #558 | — | — |
| 1989 | 360 | #597 | — | — |
| 1988 | 335 | #597 | — | — |
| 1987 | 316 | #612 | — | — |
| 1986 | 339 | #576 | 5 | #7,038 |
| 1985 | 307 | #616 | 5 | #6,840 |
| 1984 | 294 | #608 | — | — |
| 1983 | 288 | #610 | 6 | #5,683 |
| 1982 | 296 | #607 | — | — |
| 1981 | 322 | #574 | — | — |
| 1980 | 339 | #550 | 5 | #6,541 |
| 1979 | 338 | #551 | 5 | #6,329 |
| 1978 | 331 | #540 | — | — |
| 1977 | 340 | #533 | — | — |
| 1976 | 419 | #459 | — | — |
| 1975 | 394 | #472 | — | — |
| 1974 | 402 | #453 | — | — |
| 1973 | 424 | #443 | — | — |
| 1972 | 476 | #413 | — | — |
| 1971 | 527 | #407 | — | — |
| 1970 | 600 | #390 | 6 | #4,387 |
| 1969 | 603 | #381 | — | — |
| 1968 | 604 | #369 | — | — |
| 1967 | 673 | #343 | — | — |
| 1966 | 800 | #312 | — | — |
| 1965 | 889 | #300 | 5 | #4,057 |
| 1964 | 966 | #296 | — | — |
| 1963 | 1,000 | #293 | — | — |
| 1962 | 1,020 | #284 | — | — |
| 1961 | 1,164 | #262 | 5 | #4,231 |
| 1960 | 1,282 | #243 | 7 | #3,434 |
| 1959 | 1,357 | #233 | 5 | #4,156 |
| 1958 | 1,318 | #230 | 6 | #3,652 |
| 1957 | 1,412 | #223 | 6 | #3,676 |
| 1956 | 1,477 | #211 | — | — |
| 1955 | 1,524 | #204 | 5 | #4,016 |
| 1954 | 1,422 | #211 | — | — |
| 1953 | 1,526 | #202 | 5 | #3,967 |
| 1952 | 1,639 | #183 | 5 | #3,879 |
| 1951 | 1,850 | #165 | — | — |
| 1950 | 1,953 | #150 | 8 | #2,840 |
| 1949 | 2,064 | #145 | 7 | #3,090 |
| 1948 | 2,082 | #140 | 5 | #3,827 |
| 1947 | 2,201 | #136 | 9 | #2,718 |
| 1946 | 1,975 | #136 | — | — |
| 1945 | 1,842 | #132 | 6 | #3,094 |
| 1944 | 2,175 | #123 | 5 | #3,569 |
| 1943 | 2,380 | #118 | 14 | #2,005 |
| 1942 | 2,458 | #113 | 12 | #2,183 |
| 1941 | 2,462 | #103 | 10 | #2,383 |
| 1940 | 2,510 | #98 | 14 | #1,926 |
| 1939 | 2,474 | #102 | 10 | #2,324 |
| 1938 | 2,600 | #102 | 10 | #2,373 |
| 1937 | 2,647 | #96 | 15 | #1,851 |
| 1936 | 2,759 | #87 | 12 | #2,091 |
| 1935 | 2,830 | #87 | 17 | #1,724 |
| 1934 | 3,012 | #81 | 14 | #1,957 |
| 1933 | 3,110 | #80 | 14 | #1,930 |
| 1932 | 3,570 | #69 | 9 | #2,693 |
| 1931 | 3,772 | #65 | 19 | #1,655 |
| 1930 | 4,273 | #61 | 24 | #1,504 |
| 1929 | 4,455 | #59 | 15 | #2,028 |
| 1928 | 4,846 | #56 | 15 | #2,075 |
| 1927 | 5,403 | #48 | 19 | #1,822 |
| 1926 | 5,786 | #42 | 24 | #1,529 |
| 1925 | 6,275 | #42 | 26 | #1,465 |
| 1924 | 6,890 | #36 | 18 | #1,913 |
| 1923 | 6,836 | #36 | 10 | #2,809 |
| 1922 | 7,136 | #34 | 16 | #2,067 |
| 1921 | 7,589 | #33 | 14 | #2,282 |
| 1920 | 7,773 | #32 | 26 | #1,471 |
| 1919 | 7,767 | #29 | 17 | #1,899 |
| 1918 | 7,858 | #30 | 19 | #1,776 |
| 1917 | 7,532 | #28 | 19 | #1,714 |
| 1916 | 7,307 | #28 | 12 | #2,302 |
| 1915 | 6,761 | #31 | 11 | #2,347 |
| 1914 | 5,209 | #31 | 13 | #1,804 |
| 1913 | 4,366 | #29 | 9 | #1,986 |
| 1912 | 3,842 | #31 | 12 | #1,444 |
| 1911 | 2,825 | #31 | 8 | #1,311 |
| 1910 | 2,592 | #35 | 14 | #831 |
| 1909 | 2,371 | #33 | 13 | #814 |
| 1908 | 2,410 | #27 | 8 | #1,040 |
| 1907 | 2,177 | #32 | 9 | #943 |
| 1906 | 2,160 | #30 | 6 | #1,155 |
| 1905 | 2,137 | #30 | 6 | #1,132 |
| 1904 | 1,944 | #33 | 10 | #773 |
| 1903 | 1,901 | #33 | — | — |
| 1902 | 1,853 | #33 | — | — |
| 1901 | 1,863 | #32 | — | — |
| 1900 | 2,068 | #36 | 9 | #922 |
| 1899 | 1,794 | #32 | 11 | #629 |
| 1898 | 1,981 | #32 | 8 | #827 |
| 1897 | 1,823 | #30 | 7 | #871 |
| 1896 | 1,932 | #29 | 10 | #739 |
| 1895 | 1,940 | #27 | — | — |
| 1894 | 1,820 | #26 | 5 | #1,129 |
| 1893 | 1,733 | #30 | 7 | #854 |
| 1892 | 1,625 | #33 | 6 | #993 |
| 1891 | 1,509 | #29 | — | — |
| 1890 | 1,493 | #30 | 9 | #685 |
| 1889 | 1,523 | #29 | 7 | #821 |
| 1888 | 1,453 | #29 | 7 | #841 |
| 1887 | 1,243 | #29 | 7 | #769 |
| 1886 | 1,184 | #31 | 9 | #658 |
| 1885 | 1,071 | #31 | 5 | #980 |
| 1884 | 1,104 | #27 | — | — |
| 1883 | 881 | #31 | — | — |
| 1882 | 876 | #29 | — | — |
| 1881 | 778 | #27 | 9 | #615 |
| 1880 | 768 | #28 | 5 | #947 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).