Edith remains a common girls' name (#499 in 2025), down from a peak of #26 in 1894.
Edith is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #499 for girl births in the United States (and #1,020 across all names), given to 595 babies. Edith was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (7,858 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 595 | 595 | #499 | — |
| 2024 | 581 | 581 | #528 | — |
| 2023 | 605 | 605 | #503 | — |
| 2022 | 609 | 609 | #514 | — |
| 2021 | 638 | 638 | #493 | — |
| 2020 | 650 | 650 | #472 | — |
| 2019 | 628 | 628 | #501 | — |
| 2018 | 605 | 605 | #517 | — |
| 2017 | 655 | 655 | #476 | — |
| 2016 | 641 | 641 | #486 | — |
| 2015 | 599 | 599 | #524 | — |
| 2014 | 462 | 462 | #623 | — |
| 2013 | 387 | 387 | #716 | — |
| 2012 | 365 | 365 | #762 | — |
| 2011 | 352 | 352 | #772 | — |
| 2010 | 326 | 326 | #823 | — |
| 2009 | 333 | 333 | #840 | — |
| 2008 | 359 | 359 | #803 | — |
| 2007 | 400 | 400 | #728 | — |
| 2006 | 446 | 446 | #649 | — |
| 2005 | 448 | 448 | #627 | — |
| 2004 | 404 | 404 | #682 | — |
| 2003 | 389 | 389 | #677 | — |
| 2002 | 459 | 464 | #571 | — |
| 2001 | 428 | 428 | #592 | — |
| 2000 | 462 | 462 | #565 | — |
| 1999 | 426 | 432 | #581 | — |
| 1998 | 412 | 421 | #587 | — |
| 1997 | 430 | — | #548 | — |
| 1996 | 410 | — | #566 | — |
| 1995 | 584 | — | #443 | #7,231 |
| 1994 | 512 | — | #493 | #9,240 |
| 1993 | 412 | — | #576 | — |
| 1992 | 436 | — | #549 | #6,299 |
| 1991 | 444 | — | #527 | — |
| 1990 | 423 | — | #558 | — |
| 1989 | 360 | — | #597 | — |
| 1988 | 335 | — | #597 | — |
| 1987 | 316 | — | #612 | — |
| 1986 | 344 | — | #576 | #7,038 |
| 1985 | 312 | — | #616 | #6,840 |
| 1984 | 294 | — | #608 | — |
| 1983 | 294 | — | #610 | #5,683 |
| 1982 | 296 | — | #607 | — |
| 1981 | 322 | — | #574 | — |
| 1980 | 344 | — | #550 | #6,541 |
| 1979 | 343 | — | #551 | #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 | 606 | — | #390 | #4,387 |
| 1969 | 603 | — | #381 | — |
| 1968 | 604 | — | #369 | — |
| 1967 | 673 | — | #343 | — |
| 1966 | 800 | — | #312 | — |
| 1965 | 894 | — | #300 | #4,057 |
| 1964 | 966 | — | #296 | — |
| 1963 | 1,000 | — | #293 | — |
| 1962 | 1,020 | — | #284 | — |
| 1961 | 1,169 | — | #262 | #4,231 |
| 1960 | 1,289 | — | #243 | #3,434 |
| 1959 | 1,362 | — | #233 | #4,156 |
| 1958 | 1,324 | — | #230 | #3,652 |
| 1957 | 1,418 | — | #223 | #3,676 |
| 1956 | 1,477 | — | #211 | — |
| 1955 | 1,529 | — | #204 | #4,016 |
| 1954 | 1,422 | — | #211 | — |
| 1953 | 1,531 | — | #202 | #3,967 |
| 1952 | 1,644 | — | #183 | #3,879 |
| 1951 | 1,850 | — | #165 | — |
| 1950 | 1,961 | — | #150 | #2,840 |
| 1949 | 2,071 | — | #145 | #3,090 |
| 1948 | 2,087 | — | #140 | #3,827 |
| 1947 | 2,210 | — | #136 | #2,718 |
| 1946 | 1,975 | — | #136 | — |
| 1945 | 1,848 | — | #132 | #3,094 |
| 1944 | 2,180 | — | #123 | #3,569 |
| 1943 | 2,394 | — | #118 | #2,005 |
| 1942 | 2,470 | — | #113 | #2,183 |
| 1941 | 2,472 | — | #103 | #2,383 |
| 1940 | 2,524 | — | #98 | #1,926 |
| 1939 | 2,484 | — | #102 | #2,324 |
| 1938 | 2,610 | — | #102 | #2,373 |
| 1937 | 2,662 | — | #96 | #1,851 |
| 1936 | 2,771 | — | #87 | #2,091 |
| 1935 | 2,847 | — | #87 | #1,724 |
| 1934 | 3,026 | — | #81 | #1,957 |
| 1933 | 3,124 | — | #80 | #1,930 |
| 1932 | 3,579 | — | #69 | #2,693 |
| 1931 | 3,791 | — | #65 | #1,655 |
| 1930 | 4,297 | — | #61 | #1,504 |
| 1929 | 4,470 | — | #59 | #2,028 |
| 1928 | 4,861 | — | #56 | #2,075 |
| 1927 | 5,422 | — | #48 | #1,822 |
| 1926 | 5,810 | — | #42 | #1,529 |
| 1925 | 6,301 | — | #42 | #1,465 |
| 1924 | 6,908 | — | #36 | #1,913 |
| 1923 | 6,846 | — | #36 | #2,809 |
| 1922 | 7,152 | — | #34 | #2,067 |
| 1921 | 7,603 | — | #33 | #2,282 |
| 1920 | 7,799 | — | #32 | #1,471 |
| 1919 | 7,784 | — | #29 | #1,899 |
| 1918 | 7,877 | — | #30 | #1,776 |
| 1917 | 7,551 | — | #28 | #1,714 |
| 1916 | 7,319 | — | #28 | #2,302 |
| 1915 | 6,772 | — | #31 | #2,347 |
| 1914 | 5,222 | — | #31 | #1,804 |
| 1913 | 4,375 | — | #29 | #1,986 |
| 1912 | 3,854 | — | #31 | #1,444 |
| 1911 | 2,833 | — | #31 | #1,311 |
| 1910 | 2,606 | — | #35 | #831 |
| 1909 | 2,384 | — | #33 | #814 |
| 1908 | 2,418 | — | #27 | #1,040 |
| 1907 | 2,186 | — | #32 | #943 |
| 1906 | 2,166 | — | #30 | #1,155 |
| 1905 | 2,143 | — | #30 | #1,132 |
| 1904 | 1,954 | — | #33 | #773 |
| 1903 | 1,901 | — | #33 | — |
| 1902 | 1,853 | — | #33 | — |
| 1901 | 1,863 | — | #32 | — |
| 1900 | 2,077 | — | #36 | #922 |
| 1899 | 1,805 | — | #32 | #629 |
| 1898 | 1,989 | — | #32 | #827 |
| 1897 | 1,830 | — | #30 | #871 |
| 1896 | 1,942 | — | #29 | #739 |
| 1895 | 1,940 | — | #27 | — |
| 1894 | 1,825 | — | #26 | #1,129 |
| 1893 | 1,740 | — | #30 | #854 |
| 1892 | 1,631 | — | #33 | #993 |
| 1891 | 1,509 | — | #29 | — |
| 1890 | 1,502 | — | #30 | #685 |
| 1889 | 1,530 | — | #29 | #821 |
| 1888 | 1,460 | — | #29 | #841 |
| 1887 | 1,250 | — | #29 | #769 |
| 1886 | 1,193 | — | #31 | #658 |
| 1885 | 1,076 | — | #31 | #980 |
| 1884 | 1,104 | — | #27 | — |
| 1883 | 881 | — | #31 | — |
| 1882 | 876 | — | #29 | — |
| 1881 | 787 | — | #27 | #615 |
| 1880 | 773 | — | #28 | #947 |