Fun Facts About the Name Edith
- A favorite of earlier generations: Edith appeared in the U.S. top 100 in 2 separate runs, totaling 59 years. Its last run lasted 1 consecutive years, from 1940 through 1940.
- More than 271 thousand babies named Edith: U.S. records list 271,699 babies given the name Edith from 1880 through 2025. Even 825 boys received the name Edith - about 1 boy for every 328 girls.
What Does the Name Edith Mean?
Edith is an English name of Old English origin, from the name Ēadgȳð. That name is a compound of two elements: ēad, meaning "wealth," "prosperity," or "fortune," and gȳð, meaning "war" or "battle." Taken literally, the parts give the sense "prosperous in war" or "wealthy in battle," and that is the meaning commonly given for the name today.
The Latinized form Editha appears in medieval records and lies behind the modern spelling. The name is not related to the similar-looking Eden, although Edie is often used as a short form of Edith.
Edith Name History & Origins
Ēadgȳð was in use in England before the Norman Conquest of 1066. Its bearers included Edith, the wife of King Edward the Confessor, who died in 1075, and Saint Edith of Wilton, a tenth-century nun and royal daughter. The first element, ēad, also appears in other Old English names such as Edward, Edgar, and Edwin.
After 1066, Old English names generally declined among the Norman ruling class, and Edith became less common, though it did not disappear; it continued to appear in medieval records in the Latin form Editha. The name returned to wider use in the nineteenth century, during a broad revival of Old English names in the English-speaking world. Later bearers include the novelist Edith Wharton, the poet Edith Sitwell, and the singer Édith Piaf, while fictional characters such as Edith Bunker of the television series All in the Family belong to the name's modern literary and popular use rather than to its origin.
How Popular is the Name Edith?
Edith ranked among the top 100 U.S. names from 1880 through 1937, then returned in 1940 and remained through 1940.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #499 | 595 | 0.0370% |
| 2024 | #528 | 579 | 0.0359% |
| 2023 | #503 | 605 | 0.0378% |
| 2022 | #514 | 609 | 0.0372% |
| 2021 | #493 | 638 | 0.0389% |
| 2020 | #472 | 650 | 0.0402% |
| 2019 | #501 | 627 | 0.0374% |
| 2018 | #517 | 605 | 0.0356% |
| 2017 | #476 | 655 | 0.0380% |
| 2016 | #486 | 641 | 0.0362% |
| 2015 | #524 | 599 | 0.0336% |
| 2014 | #623 | 462 | 0.0259% |
| 2013 | #716 | 386 | 0.0220% |
| 2012 | #762 | 365 | 0.0207% |
| 2011 | #772 | 352 | 0.0200% |
| 2010 | #823 | 326 | 0.0183% |
| 2009 | #839 | 333 | 0.0181% |
| 2008 | #803 | 359 | 0.0190% |
| 2007 | #728 | 400 | 0.0208% |
| 2006 | #650 | 445 | 0.0234% |
| 2005 | #627 | 447 | 0.0242% |
| 2004 | #682 | 404 | 0.0220% |
| 2003 | #677 | 389 | 0.0213% |
| 2002 | #571 | 459 | 0.0255% |
| 2001 | #592 | 428 | 0.0238% |
| 2000 | #565 | 462 | 0.0254% |
| 1999 | #581 | 426 | 0.0240% |
| 1998 | #587 | 412 | 0.0233% |
| 1997 | #548 | 430 | 0.0247% |
| 1996 | #566 | 410 | 0.0234% |
| 1995 | #443 | 577 | 0.0328% |
| 1994 | #493 | 507 | 0.0284% |
| 1993 | #576 | 412 | 0.0228% |
| 1992 | #549 | 428 | 0.0232% |
| 1991 | #527 | 444 | 0.0237% |
| 1990 | #558 | 423 | 0.0223% |
| 1989 | #597 | 360 | 0.0195% |
| 1988 | #597 | 335 | 0.0188% |
| 1987 | #613 | 315 | 0.0181% |
| 1986 | #576 | 339 | 0.0198% |
| 1985 | #616 | 307 | 0.0178% |
| 1984 | #608 | 294 | 0.0175% |
| 1983 | #610 | 288 | 0.0172% |
| 1982 | #607 | 296 | 0.0175% |
| 1981 | #574 | 322 | 0.0193% |
| 1980 | #550 | 339 | 0.0204% |
| 1979 | #551 | 338 | 0.0211% |
| 1978 | #540 | 331 | 0.0216% |
| 1977 | #534 | 339 | 0.0221% |
| 1976 | #459 | 419 | 0.0286% |
| 1975 | #472 | 394 | 0.0270% |
| 1974 | #453 | 402 | 0.0274% |
| 1973 | #443 | 424 | 0.0291% |
| 1972 | #413 | 476 | 0.0313% |
| 1971 | #407 | 527 | 0.0317% |
| 1970 | #390 | 601 | 0.0344% |
| 1969 | #381 | 603 | 0.0357% |
| 1968 | #369 | 604 | 0.0368% |
| 1967 | #343 | 673 | 0.0408% |
| 1966 | #312 | 800 | 0.0473% |
| 1965 | #300 | 889 | 0.0504% |
| 1964 | #296 | 966 | 0.0510% |
| 1963 | #293 | 1,000 | 0.0519% |
| 1962 | #284 | 1,020 | 0.0519% |
| 1961 | #262 | 1,164 | 0.0577% |
| 1960 | #243 | 1,282 | 0.0634% |
| 1959 | #233 | 1,357 | 0.0671% |
| 1958 | #230 | 1,317 | 0.0655% |
| 1957 | #223 | 1,413 | 0.0691% |
| 1956 | #211 | 1,477 | 0.0736% |
| 1955 | #204 | 1,524 | 0.0779% |
| 1954 | #211 | 1,422 | 0.0732% |
| 1953 | #202 | 1,526 | 0.0811% |
| 1952 | #183 | 1,639 | 0.0884% |
| 1951 | #165 | 1,851 | 0.1028% |
| 1950 | #150 | 1,953 | 0.1140% |
| 1949 | #145 | 2,064 | 0.1206% |
| 1948 | #140 | 2,082 | 0.1226% |
| 1947 | #136 | 2,201 | 0.1242% |
| 1946 | #136 | 1,975 | 0.1257% |
| 1945 | #132 | 1,842 | 0.1409% |
| 1944 | #123 | 2,175 | 0.1639% |
| 1943 | #118 | 2,380 | 0.1706% |
| 1942 | #113 | 2,458 | 0.1820% |
| 1941 | #103 | 2,462 | 0.2038% |
| 1940 | #98 | 2,510 | 0.2195% |
| 1939 | #102 | 2,474 | 0.2256% |
| 1938 | #102 | 2,600 | 0.2356% |
| 1937 | #96 | 2,647 | 0.2488% |
| 1936 | #87 | 2,759 | 0.2652% |
| 1935 | #87 | 2,830 | 0.2699% |
| 1934 | #81 | 3,012 | 0.2884% |
| 1933 | #80 | 3,110 | 0.3086% |
| 1932 | #69 | 3,570 | 0.3345% |
| 1931 | #65 | 3,772 | 0.3543% |
| 1930 | #61 | 4,273 | 0.3795% |
| 1929 | #59 | 4,455 | 0.3990% |
| 1928 | #56 | 4,846 | 0.4202% |
| 1927 | #48 | 5,403 | 0.4531% |
| 1926 | #42 | 5,786 | 0.4881% |
| 1925 | #42 | 6,275 | 0.5154% |
| 1924 | #36 | 6,890 | 0.5517% |
| 1923 | #36 | 6,836 | 0.5667% |
| 1922 | #34 | 7,136 | 0.5942% |
| 1921 | #33 | 7,589 | 0.6155% |
| 1920 | #32 | 7,773 | 0.6487% |
| 1919 | #29 | 7,767 | 0.6873% |
| 1918 | #30 | 7,858 | 0.6788% |
| 1917 | #28 | 7,532 | 0.6966% |
| 1916 | #28 | 7,307 | 0.6997% |
| 1915 | #31 | 6,761 | 0.6872% |
| 1914 | #31 | 5,209 | 0.6840% |
| 1913 | #29 | 4,366 | 0.6991% |
| 1912 | #31 | 3,842 | 0.6884% |
| 1911 | #31 | 2,825 | 0.6753% |
| 1910 | #35 | 2,592 | 0.6537% |
| 1909 | #33 | 2,371 | 0.6828% |
| 1908 | #27 | 2,410 | 0.7209% |
| 1907 | #32 | 2,177 | 0.6834% |
| 1906 | #30 | 2,160 | 0.7315% |
| 1905 | #30 | 2,137 | 0.7328% |
| 1904 | #33 | 1,944 | 0.7060% |
| 1903 | #33 | 1,901 | 0.7257% |
| 1902 | #33 | 1,853 | 0.7017% |
| 1901 | #32 | 1,863 | 0.7784% |
| 1900 | #36 | 2,068 | 0.6898% |
| 1899 | #32 | 1,794 | 0.7699% |
| 1898 | #32 | 1,981 | 0.7655% |
| 1897 | #30 | 1,823 | 0.7784% |
| 1896 | #29 | 1,932 | 0.8120% |
| 1895 | #27 | 1,940 | 0.8304% |
| 1894 | #26 | 1,820 | 0.8164% |
| 1893 | #30 | 1,733 | 0.8140% |
| 1892 | #33 | 1,625 | 0.7653% |
| 1891 | #29 | 1,509 | 0.8136% |
| 1890 | #30 | 1,493 | 0.7842% |
| 1889 | #29 | 1,523 | 0.8539% |
| 1888 | #29 | 1,453 | 0.8134% |
| 1887 | #29 | 1,243 | 0.8515% |
| 1886 | #31 | 1,184 | 0.8192% |
| 1885 | #31 | 1,071 | 0.8049% |
| 1884 | #27 | 1,104 | 0.8557% |
| 1883 | #31 | 881 | 0.7844% |
| 1882 | #29 | 876 | 0.8123% |
| 1881 | #27 | 778 | 0.8461% |
| 1880 | #28 | 768 | 0.8440% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | #7,230 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1994 | #9,238 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #6,300 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1986 | #7,039 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #6,841 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #5,684 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #6,542 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1979 | #6,330 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1970 | #4,387 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1965 | #4,057 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1961 | #4,235 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1960 | #3,433 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1959 | #4,157 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1958 | #3,652 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1957 | #3,677 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1955 | #4,017 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1953 | #3,967 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1952 | #3,879 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1950 | #2,840 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1949 | #3,090 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1948 | #3,827 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1947 | #2,718 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1945 | #3,094 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1944 | #3,569 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1943 | #2,005 | 14 | 0.0010% |
| 1942 | #2,183 | 12 | 0.0009% |
| 1941 | #2,383 | 10 | 0.0008% |
| 1940 | #1,926 | 14 | 0.0012% |
| 1939 | #2,324 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1938 | #2,373 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1937 | #1,851 | 15 | 0.0014% |
| 1936 | #2,091 | 12 | 0.0012% |
| 1935 | #1,724 | 17 | 0.0016% |
| 1934 | #1,957 | 14 | 0.0014% |
| 1933 | #1,930 | 14 | 0.0014% |
| 1932 | #2,693 | 9 | 0.0009% |
| 1931 | #1,655 | 19 | 0.0018% |
| 1930 | #1,504 | 24 | 0.0022% |
| 1929 | #2,028 | 15 | 0.0014% |
| 1928 | #2,075 | 15 | 0.0014% |
| 1927 | #1,822 | 19 | 0.0017% |
| 1926 | #1,529 | 24 | 0.0022% |
| 1925 | #1,465 | 26 | 0.0023% |
| 1924 | #1,913 | 18 | 0.0016% |
| 1923 | #2,809 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1922 | #2,067 | 16 | 0.0015% |
| 1921 | #2,282 | 14 | 0.0013% |
| 1920 | #1,471 | 26 | 0.0024% |
| 1919 | #1,899 | 17 | 0.0017% |
| 1918 | #1,776 | 19 | 0.0019% |
| 1917 | #1,714 | 19 | 0.0021% |
| 1916 | #2,302 | 12 | 0.0013% |
| 1915 | #2,347 | 11 | 0.0013% |
| 1914 | #1,804 | 13 | 0.0020% |
| 1913 | #1,986 | 9 | 0.0018% |
| 1912 | #1,444 | 12 | 0.0028% |
| 1911 | #1,311 | 8 | 0.0035% |
| 1910 | #831 | 14 | 0.0072% |
| 1909 | #814 | 13 | 0.0079% |
| 1908 | #1,040 | 8 | 0.0052% |
| 1907 | #943 | 9 | 0.0061% |
| 1906 | #1,155 | 6 | 0.0045% |
| 1905 | #1,132 | 6 | 0.0045% |
| 1904 | #773 | 10 | 0.0078% |
| 1900 | #922 | 9 | 0.0060% |
| 1899 | #629 | 11 | 0.0104% |
| 1898 | #827 | 8 | 0.0065% |
| 1897 | #871 | 7 | 0.0062% |
| 1896 | #739 | 10 | 0.0084% |
| 1894 | #1,129 | 5 | 0.0043% |
| 1893 | #854 | 7 | 0.0062% |
| 1892 | #993 | 6 | 0.0049% |
| 1890 | #685 | 9 | 0.0081% |
| 1889 | #821 | 7 | 0.0063% |
| 1888 | #841 | 7 | 0.0058% |
| 1887 | #769 | 7 | 0.0069% |
| 1886 | #658 | 9 | 0.0081% |
| 1885 | #980 | 5 | 0.0046% |
| 1881 | #615 | 9 | 0.0089% |
| 1880 | #947 | 5 | 0.0045% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Edith Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You are fine when in harmony but changeable when in discord, because many of your best qualities are then reversed. You are entertaining but may be impulsive. Freedom is a necessity, and you find it difficult to settle down. Your versatility results in many changes, and often brings travel. Your fine intellect is capable of high honors if applied seriously. You are capable of inspired thinking applied to material things. You can be restless, changeable, and very sexy. You have an eventful, exciting life. You are versatile and have the ability to learn easily.
You are always looking for a chance to do your own thing, to be your own person, and to have things done your own way.
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