Edith
Feminine · “Prosperous in war”
Edith is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 270,880 girls against 825 boys since 1880. See Edith as a boy name
Edith joins prosperity to war, which was an ordinary and complimentary pairing in Old English, and the woman who made the name famous in the last century said something the night before she was shot that is still quoted against the thing she died for.
How old is the name Edith?
Edith was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Edith alive today was born around 1924, making them about 101 years old. About 69,000 people named Edith are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Edith most popular?
Edith peaked in 1894, reaching #26 nationally. Today it ranks #499, 473 places below that high. See the whole 1894 chart.
Where it comes from
From Eadgyth to Edith
The story of Edith
She was an English nurse running a hospital in occupied Brussels, and she treated wounded men from both sides and helped Allied soldiers reach the border. She was arrested, tried and sentenced, and to the chaplain the night before her execution she said that patriotism was not enough, and that she must have no hatred or bitterness toward anyone. The execution caused international outrage and was used heavily as propaganda — which is precisely the use her sentence refuses. A great many children were named after her in the years that followed, and the record shows it.
Meaning
Prosperous in war
The Old English elements are ead, meaning wealth or fortune, and gyth, meaning strife or war. The first element also stands in Edward and Edmund; the pairing of good fortune with battle was standard and meant something like blessed in conflict.
How the name formed
- Eadgyth
- Edith
Related forms: Edith · Edith · Editta
Pronouncing Edith
EE-dith
Two syllables, stress at the front. The first vowel is long.
Nicknames for Edith
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 19187,858 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #26reached in 1894
- Change vs 2022
- −2.3%595 in 2025, from 609
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Edith in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Edith in German — same name
- Edith in French — same name
- Editta in Italian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.
Ediths among us
people named Edith are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 2,701 born in 2025 was named Edith
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Edith has held the top-100 across 6 different decades — it has never depended on fashion, and names like that read the same at any age.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Edith is headed
Edith should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Edith beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Edith in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is settled and takes apart cleanly into two words.
- It is read correctly on sight everywhere in Europe.
- It is genuinely old, with a continuous record behind it.
- It carries a strong period association that is only now lifting.
- Edythe and Edyth are both in the record nearby.
- The spelling is recorded for both sexes, though nearly every bearer in the record is a girl.
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Frequently asked
- How many Ediths are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 69,000 people named Edith are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Edith in 2025?
- Edith ranks #499 among US girl names in 2025, with 595 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Edith?
- About 1 in every 2,701 US girls born in 2025 was named Edith — 595 in all.
- Will my child share the name Edith with classmates?
- Edith will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Edith
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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