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Edith

Girls' name · Early 20th-century perennial

Living in the US
~69,000 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#499 among girls
Births in 2025
595 271,705 since 1880
Typical age
67 years, median

Edith popularity over time

Edith rank by birth year, 1880–2025Edith ranked #28 in 1880 and #499 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #26, in 1894.#100#1,000#499best #26 in 189418901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Edith was used most in 1918, when 7,877 babies were given the name. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. It has held a top-100 place in 59 separate years.

In 2025 it ranked #499 with 595 births. It climbed 29 places against the previous year.

Babies named Edith per yearPeaks at 7,877 births in 1918.7,877 in 1918018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Edith?

Roughly 69,000 Ediths are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 271,705 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Edith?

Half of living Ediths are older than 67, half younger. Most living bearers were born in the 1940s. By the site’s era rules that makes Edith a early 20th-century perennial name.

Your Edith

Ages of living people named EdithHalf of living Ediths are older than 67 and half younger.median 67020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Edith is most common

Relative to births, North Dakota carries 3.0× the national share of Ediths. District of Columbia, Minnesota and Maine follow.

Where Edith is used more than average5 states use the name Edith more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: 2.4× the national rateMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: 3.0× the national rateNDMinnesota: 2.8× the national rateMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: 2.4× the national rateNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: 2.8× the national rateDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Edith is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
North Dakota 35 3.0×
District of Columbia 32 2.8×
Minnesota 240 2.8×
Maine 31 2.4×
Nebraska 70 2.4×

Edith in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Edith ranked #125 in 2025 on 390 births. That is 35% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Edith comes from

Inherited from Old English Ēadġȳþ, from Proto-Germanic *audaz (“wealth, riches”) + *gunþiz (“battle”). Name of a 10th century English saint.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Edith

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Edith Wharton American writer and designer 1862–1937 88
Edith Stein Jewish-German Catholic nun, theologian and philosopher 1891–1942 76
Edith Cavell British nurse 1865–1915 55
Edith Evans British actress 1888–1976 49
Edith Södergran Finland Swedish poet and writer 1892–1923 49
Edith Roosevelt First Lady of the United States from 1901 to 1909 1861–1948 48
Edith Wilson First Lady of the United States from 1915 to 1921 1872–1961 46
Edith Sitwell British poet 1887–1964 45
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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