Edith · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Edith.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1880

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 80 recorded years as a table

Edith, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	45
1881	89
1885	46
1886	81
1887	69
1888	58
1889	63
1890	81
1892	49
1893	62
1894	43
1896	84
1897	62
1898	65
1899	104
1900	60
1904	78
1905	45
1906	45
1907	61
1908	52
1909	79
1910	72
1911	35
1912	28
1913	18
1914	20
1915	13
1916	13
1917	21
1918	19
1919	17
1920	24
1921	13
1922	15
1923	9
1924	16
1925	23
1926	22
1927	17
1928	14
1929	14
1930	22
1931	18
1932	9
1933	14
1934	14
1935	16
1936	12
1937	14
1938	9
1939	9
1940	12
1941	8
1942	9
1943	10
1944	4
1945	4
1947	5
1948	3
1949	4
1950	4
1952	3
1953	3
1955	2
1957	3
1958	3
1959	2
1960	3
1961	2
1965	3
1970	3
1979	3
1980	3
1983	3
1985	3
1986	3
1992	4
1994	3
1995	4

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Edith isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Edith

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1995: 7
Rank in 1995: #6,992
How rare: 1 in 271,957 boys
Since 1880: 825

Edith was last recorded in 1995. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1899, at 104 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Edith doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.