Edith Girl
How popular is Edith?
#499 girl name in 2025
595 baby girls were named Edith in the US in 2025, making it the 499th most popular girl name.
Edith popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #499 for girls (▲ 29 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 595 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-1% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #524 in 2015, #472 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1918 (7,858 girls) |
| Highest rank | #26 in 1894 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Edith counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Edith family of names ranked #472 for girls in 2025 (#496 the year before), with 608 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Edith is most popular
Babies named Edith per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- North Dakota: 1.7 per 1,000 (22 girls)
- Maine: 1.4 per 1,000 (22 girls)
- Vermont: 1.2 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Nebraska: 1.0 per 1,000 (36 girls)
- Minnesota: 1.0 per 1,000 (106 girls)
Edith by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10,881 | #27 |
| 1890s | 17,650 | #26 |
| 1900s | 20,884 | #27 |
| 1910s | 56,059 | #28 |
| 1920s | 62,989 | #32 |
| 1930s | 31,047 | #61 |
| 1940s | 22,149 | #98 |
| 1950s | 15,478 | #150 |
| 1960s | 9,001 | #243 |
| 1970s | 4,251 | #390 |
| 1980s | 3,196 | #550 |
| 1990s | 4,469 | #443 |
| 2000s | 4,128 | #565 |
| 2010s | 5,020 | #476 |
| 2020s | 3,678 | #472 |
Girl names about as popular as Edith
Questions
- Is Edith a boy or girl name?
- Edith is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Edith were girls.
- How popular is the name Edith?
- 595 baby girls were named Edith in the US in 2025, making it the 499th most popular girl name.
- When was Edith most popular?
- Edith peaked in 1918, when 7,858 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #26 in 1894.
- How many people are named Edith?
- 271,705 babies have been named Edith in the US since 1880. We estimate about 69,413 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 69.
- Where is Edith most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Edith was most common in North Dakota, at 1.7 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.