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Edith
Pronounced /ˈidɪθ/
Rank in 2024
#528
Born in 2024
579
Peak year
1918 · #30
Origin
Old English
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 579 girls were named Edith, about 1 in every 2,786.
- It peaked in 1918 with 7,858 babies, ranked #30.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 270,279 girls have been named Edith since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Edith per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 6.3Greatest1901–27
- 2.6Silent1928–45
- 0.8Boomers1946–64
- 0.3Gen X1965–80
- 0.2Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 128,563 babies, 6.28 per 1,000. Silent: 54,175 babies, 2.62 per 1,000. Boomers: 29,233 babies, 0.82 per 1,000. Gen X: 8,159 babies, 0.32 per 1,000. Millennials: 6,057 babies, 0.21 per 1,000. Gen Z: 6,437 babies, 0.22 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 7,056 babies, 0.35 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Inherited from Old English Ēadġȳþ, from Proto-Germanic *audaz (“wealth, riches”) + *gunþiz (“battle”). Name of a 10th century English saint.
- A female given name from Old English.
- Origin
- Old English
- Say it
- /ˈidɪθ/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Edith, CC BY-SA 4.0.