Edythe
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Old English
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Edythe is a girls' name of Old English origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Edythe mean?
Old English
A female given name from Old English, variant of Edith.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Edythe a girl's or a boy's name?
Edythe is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Edythe in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Edythe, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 582 girls.
Half of all the girls named Edythe in the US since 1880 were born between 1914 and 1930, the years shaded on the chart below.
Edythe in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 15 | #3,970 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,714 |
| 1971 | 20 | #3,266 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,435 |
| 1969 | 15 | #3,618 |
| 1968 | 26 | #2,431 |
| 1967 | 18 | #2,963 |
| 1966 | 28 | #2,248 |
| 1965 | 41 | #1,768 |
| 1964 | 46 | #1,708 |
| 1963 | 50 | #1,597 |
| 1962 | 40 | #1,806 |
| 1961 | 36 | #1,920 |
| 1960 | 52 | #1,541 |
| 1959 | 57 | #1,416 |
| 1958 | 47 | #1,556 |
| 1957 | 68 | #1,273 |
| 1956 | 66 | #1,278 |
| 1955 | 58 | #1,319 |
| 1954 | 51 | #1,408 |
| 1953 | 63 | #1,212 |
| 1952 | 54 | #1,296 |
| 1951 | 76 | #1,062 |
| 1950 | 82 | #1,006 |
| 1949 | 82 | #991 |
| 1948 | 81 | #966 |
| 1947 | 95 | #908 |
| 1946 | 93 | #856 |
| 1945 | 92 | #779 |
| 1944 | 87 | #817 |
| 1943 | 95 | #795 |
| 1942 | 94 | #785 |
| 1941 | 107 | #678 |
| 1940 | 107 | #669 |
| 1939 | 103 | #668 |
| 1938 | 116 | #638 |
| 1937 | 112 | #640 |
| 1936 | 117 | #606 |
| 1935 | 116 | #604 |
| 1934 | 142 | #542 |
| 1933 | 138 | #541 |
| 1932 | 154 | #528 |
| 1931 | 176 | #485 |
| 1930 | 159 | #539 |
| 1929 | 191 | #486 |
| 1928 | 261 | #421 |
| 1927 | 293 | #401 |
| 1926 | 310 | #391 |
| 1925 | 386 | #342 |
| 1924 | 442 | #317 |
| 1923 | 423 | #312 |
| 1922 | 487 | #292 |
| 1921 | 521 | #290 |
| 1920 | 512 | #291 |
| 1919 | 517 | #280 |
| 1918 | 582 | #260 |
| 1917 | 561 | #263 |
| 1916 | 507 | #271 |
| 1915 | 542 | #256 |
| 1914 | 365 | #273 |
| 1913 | 318 | #259 |
| 1912 | 293 | #261 |
| 1911 | 181 | #291 |
| 1910 | 189 | #282 |
| 1909 | 151 | #292 |
| 1908 | 147 | #292 |
| 1907 | 153 | #283 |
| 1906 | 146 | #276 |
| 1905 | 117 | #309 |
| 1904 | 116 | #299 |
| 1903 | 90 | #326 |
| 1902 | 113 | #296 |
| 1901 | 123 | #263 |
| 1900 | 119 | #301 |
| 1899 | 91 | #314 |
| 1898 | 116 | #283 |
| 1897 | 98 | #286 |
| 1896 | 90 | #307 |
| 1895 | 88 | #309 |
| 1894 | 77 | #318 |
| 1893 | 71 | #319 |
| 1892 | 71 | #320 |
| 1891 | 53 | #344 |
| 1890 | 55 | #347 |
| 1889 | 57 | #324 |
| 1888 | 46 | #349 |
| 1887 | 51 | #297 |
| 1886 | 46 | #305 |
| 1885 | 39 | #324 |
| 1884 | 20 | #449 |
| 1883 | 23 | #386 |
| 1882 | 24 | #360 |
| 1881 | 19 | #384 |
| 1880 | 19 | #375 |
Names like Edythe
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Estelle, Edith, Elsie, Alice, Florence, Louise, Lucille, Irene, Olive, Nellie, Lottie, Adele
Names related to Edythe
More Old English names
Alfie, Edward, Teddy, Waylon, Alfred, Audrey, Wilfred, Ozzy, Edie, Eddie, Edwin, Ted, Teddie, Eduardo, Edgar, Alden
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Edythe: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/edythe, updated 20 October 2026.