Edith
Girl · EE-dith · Old English
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Edith is a girls' name of Old English origin, meaning “prosperous in war”. In 2025 it ranked 130th for girls in the UK (419 babies) and 499th for girls in the US (595 babies).
What does Edith mean?
Old English: from Old English ead, wealth, and gyth, war
“prosperous in war”
Edith of Wessex was queen to Edward the Confessor; Edith Cavell was a heroic First World War nurse.
- Say it
- EE-dith
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Is Edith a girl's or a boy's name?
Edith is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 419 girls in the UK and 595 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Edith in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #130among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 419about 1 in 660 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 419 girls in the UK were named Edith, making it the 130th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 90th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 650 girls.
Half of all the girls named Edith in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 125th in England and Wales, 183rd in Scotland and 231st in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#4), 1914 (#8), 1924 (#22) and 1934 (#46).
Edith in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 419 | #130 |
| 2024 | 404 | #137 |
| 2023 | 469 | #118 |
| 2022 | 544 | #103 |
| 2021 | 650 | #92 |
| 2020 | 642 | #90 |
| 2019 | 640 | #93 |
| 2018 | 639 | #90 |
| 2017 | 600 | #104 |
| 2016 | 596 | #110 |
| 2015 | 512 | #125 |
| 2014 | 484 | #130 |
| 2013 | 343 | #172 |
| 2012 | 241 | #231 |
| 2011 | 255 | #222 |
| 2010 | 198 | #276 |
| 2009 | 198 | #267 |
| 2008 | 174 | #300 |
| 2007 | 167 | #309 |
| 2006 | 124 | #374 |
| 2005 | 115 | #383 |
| 2004 | 56 | #608 |
| 2003 | 54 | #599 |
| 2002 | 30 | #867 |
| 2001 | 23 | #1,013 |
| 2000 | 24 | #987 |
| 1999 | 35 | #738 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,417 |
| 1997 | 16 | #1,278 |
| 1996 | 19 | #1,090 |
How popular is Edith in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #499among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 595about 1 in 2,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 595 girls in the US were named Edith, making it the 499th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 472nd. Its busiest year was 1918, with 7,858 girls.
Half of all the girls named Edith in the US since 1880 were born between 1914 and 1941, the years shaded on the chart below.
Edith in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 595 | #499 |
| 2024 | 581 | #528 |
| 2023 | 605 | #503 |
| 2022 | 609 | #513 |
| 2021 | 638 | #493 |
| 2020 | 650 | #472 |
| 2019 | 628 | #501 |
| 2018 | 605 | #517 |
| 2017 | 655 | #476 |
| 2016 | 641 | #486 |
| 2015 | 599 | #524 |
| 2014 | 462 | #623 |
| 2013 | 387 | #716 |
| 2012 | 365 | #759 |
| 2011 | 352 | #772 |
| 2010 | 326 | #821 |
| 2009 | 333 | #840 |
| 2008 | 359 | #803 |
| 2007 | 400 | #728 |
| 2006 | 446 | #649 |
| 2005 | 448 | #627 |
| 2004 | 404 | #682 |
| 2003 | 389 | #677 |
| 2002 | 459 | #571 |
| 2001 | 428 | #592 |
| 2000 | 462 | #565 |
| 1999 | 426 | #581 |
| 1998 | 412 | #586 |
| 1997 | 430 | #547 |
| 1996 | 410 | #566 |
| 1995 | 577 | #443 |
| 1994 | 507 | #493 |
| 1993 | 412 | #576 |
| 1992 | 428 | #549 |
| 1991 | 444 | #527 |
| 1990 | 423 | #557 |
| 1989 | 360 | #596 |
| 1988 | 335 | #597 |
| 1987 | 316 | #611 |
| 1986 | 339 | #576 |
| 1985 | 307 | #616 |
| 1984 | 294 | #607 |
| 1983 | 288 | #610 |
| 1982 | 296 | #606 |
| 1981 | 322 | #573 |
| 1980 | 339 | #550 |
| 1979 | 338 | #551 |
| 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 | 600 | #390 |
| 1969 | 603 | #381 |
| 1968 | 604 | #369 |
| 1967 | 673 | #343 |
| 1966 | 800 | #312 |
| 1965 | 889 | #300 |
| 1964 | 966 | #296 |
| 1963 | 1,000 | #293 |
| 1962 | 1,020 | #284 |
| 1961 | 1,164 | #262 |
| 1960 | 1,282 | #243 |
| 1959 | 1,357 | #233 |
| 1958 | 1,318 | #230 |
| 1957 | 1,412 | #223 |
| 1956 | 1,477 | #211 |
| 1955 | 1,524 | #204 |
| 1954 | 1,422 | #211 |
| 1953 | 1,526 | #202 |
| 1952 | 1,639 | #183 |
| 1951 | 1,850 | #165 |
| 1950 | 1,953 | #150 |
| 1949 | 2,064 | #145 |
| 1948 | 2,082 | #140 |
| 1947 | 2,201 | #136 |
| 1946 | 1,975 | #136 |
| 1945 | 1,842 | #132 |
| 1944 | 2,175 | #123 |
| 1943 | 2,380 | #118 |
| 1942 | 2,458 | #113 |
| 1941 | 2,462 | #103 |
| 1940 | 2,510 | #98 |
| 1939 | 2,474 | #102 |
| 1938 | 2,600 | #102 |
| 1937 | 2,647 | #96 |
| 1936 | 2,759 | #87 |
| 1935 | 2,830 | #87 |
| 1934 | 3,012 | #81 |
| 1933 | 3,110 | #80 |
| 1932 | 3,570 | #69 |
| 1931 | 3,772 | #65 |
| 1930 | 4,273 | #61 |
| 1929 | 4,455 | #59 |
| 1928 | 4,846 | #56 |
| 1927 | 5,403 | #48 |
| 1926 | 5,786 | #42 |
| 1925 | 6,275 | #42 |
| 1924 | 6,890 | #36 |
| 1923 | 6,836 | #36 |
| 1922 | 7,136 | #34 |
| 1921 | 7,589 | #33 |
| 1920 | 7,773 | #32 |
| 1919 | 7,767 | #29 |
| 1918 | 7,858 | #30 |
| 1917 | 7,532 | #28 |
| 1916 | 7,307 | #28 |
| 1915 | 6,761 | #31 |
| 1914 | 5,209 | #31 |
| 1913 | 4,366 | #29 |
| 1912 | 3,842 | #31 |
| 1911 | 2,825 | #31 |
| 1910 | 2,592 | #35 |
| 1909 | 2,371 | #33 |
| 1908 | 2,410 | #27 |
| 1907 | 2,177 | #32 |
| 1906 | 2,160 | #30 |
| 1905 | 2,137 | #30 |
| 1904 | 1,944 | #33 |
| 1903 | 1,901 | #33 |
| 1902 | 1,853 | #33 |
| 1901 | 1,863 | #32 |
| 1900 | 2,068 | #36 |
| 1899 | 1,794 | #32 |
| 1898 | 1,981 | #32 |
| 1897 | 1,823 | #30 |
| 1896 | 1,932 | #29 |
| 1895 | 1,940 | #27 |
| 1894 | 1,820 | #26 |
| 1893 | 1,733 | #30 |
| 1892 | 1,625 | #33 |
| 1891 | 1,509 | #29 |
| 1890 | 1,493 | #30 |
| 1889 | 1,523 | #29 |
| 1888 | 1,453 | #29 |
| 1887 | 1,243 | #29 |
| 1886 | 1,184 | #31 |
| 1885 | 1,071 | #31 |
| 1884 | 1,104 | #27 |
| 1883 | 881 | #31 |
| 1882 | 876 | #29 |
| 1881 | 778 | #27 |
| 1880 | 768 | #28 |
Nicknames for Edith
- Edie 345 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Edith
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