# Edith (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/edith/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “wealth”, “riches”, “battle” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈidɪθ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Edie |
| Variant spellings | Edythe |
| US babies named this | 271,705 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 825 / 270,880 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 8,177, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Inherited from Old English Ēadġȳþ, from Proto-Germanic *audaz (“wealth, riches”) + *gunþiz (“battle”). Name of a 10th century English saint.

## What it means

Edith is grouped under rich and warrior.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 352 | 772 |
| 2012 | 365 | 762 |
| 2013 | 387 | 716 |
| 2014 | 462 | 623 |
| 2015 | 599 | 524 |
| 2016 | 641 | 486 |
| 2017 | 655 | 476 |
| 2018 | 605 | 517 |
| 2019 | 628 | 501 |
| 2020 | 650 | 472 |
| 2021 | 638 | 493 |
| 2022 | 609 | 514 |
| 2023 | 605 | 503 |
| 2024 | 581 | 528 |
| 2025 | 595 | 499 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 6 | 3,676 |
| 1958 | 6 | 3,652 |
| 1959 | 5 | 4,156 |
| 1960 | 7 | 3,434 |
| 1961 | 5 | 4,231 |
| 1965 | 5 | 4,057 |
| 1970 | 6 | 4,387 |
| 1979 | 5 | 6,329 |
| 1980 | 5 | 6,541 |
| 1983 | 6 | 5,683 |
| 1985 | 5 | 6,840 |
| 1986 | 5 | 7,038 |
| 1992 | 8 | 6,299 |
| 1994 | 5 | 9,240 |
| 1995 | 7 | 7,231 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 247 | 206 |
| 2012 | 226 | 221 |
| 2013 | 318 | 164 |
| 2014 | 456 | 122 |
| 2015 | 480 | 122 |
| 2016 | 558 | 101 |
| 2017 | 568 | 92 |
| 2018 | 599 | 91 |
| 2019 | 598 | 89 |
| 2020 | 599 | 85 |
| 2021 | 613 | 83 |
| 2022 | 515 | 95 |
| 2023 | 434 | 112 |
| 2024 | 380 | 127 |
| 2025 | 390 | 125 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Еди́та
- Czech: Edita
- Danish: Edith
- French: Édith
- German: Edit, Edith
- Hungarian: Edit
- Latvian: Edīte
- Lithuanian: Edita
- Norwegian: Edit
- Polish: Edyta
- Portuguese: Edite
- Russian: Эди́та
- Swedish: Edit
- Ukrainian: Еді́та

## People named Edith

- Édith Piaf, French singer (1915–1963)
- Edith Wharton, American writer and designer (1862–1937)
- Edith Cavell, British nurse (1865-1915)
- Edith Evans, British actress (1888–1976)
- Edith Södergran, Finland Swedish poet and writer (1892–1923)
- Edith Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States from 1901 to 1909
- Edith Nesbit, English author and poet (1858–1924)
- Edith Sitwell, British poet (1887-1964)
- Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, First Lady of the United States from 1915 to 1921
- Edith Head, American film and television costumer (1897-1981)
- Edith Durham, British artist (1863-1944)
- Edith Hamilton, American teacher and writer (1867–1963)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.