Edith

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Edith is a feminine given name derived from the Old English word ēad, meaning wealth or prosperity, in combination with the Old English gȳð, meaning strife, and is in common usage in this form in English, German, many Scandinavian languages and Dutch. Its French form is Édith.

From Wikipedia

Edith first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1918 with 7,858 babies (rank #30 that year). In 2024 it was given to 579 girls (rank #528). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Edith

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Edith yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

1Destiny numberThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
5Soul urgeThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
5PersonalityThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

271,104

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

7,858

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Also a character in

In Downton Abbey: Lady Edith Crawley — the middle daughter

Famous people named Edith

Edith Whartonprose writer · b. 1862
Edith Steinautobiographer · b. 1891
Edith Cavellgoverness · b. 1865
Edith Evansfilm actor · b. 1888
Edith Södergranpoet · b. 1892

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	768	#28
1881	778	#27
1882	876	#29
1883	881	#31
1884	1,104	#27
1885	1,071	#31
1886	1,184	#31
1887	1,243	#29
1888	1,453	#29
1889	1,523	#29
1890	1,493	#30
1891	1,509	#29
1892	1,625	#33
1893	1,733	#30
1894	1,820	#26
1895	1,940	#27
1896	1,932	#29
1897	1,823	#30
1898	1,981	#32
1899	1,794	#32
1900	2,068	#36
1901	1,863	#32
1902	1,853	#33
1903	1,901	#33
1904	1,944	#33
1905	2,137	#30
1906	2,160	#30
1907	2,177	#32
1908	2,410	#27
1909	2,371	#33
1910	2,592	#35
1911	2,825	#31
1912	3,842	#31
1913	4,366	#29
1914	5,209	#31
1915	6,761	#31
1916	7,307	#28
1917	7,532	#28
1918	7,858	#30
1919	7,767	#29
1920	7,773	#32
1921	7,589	#33
1922	7,136	#34
1923	6,836	#36
1924	6,890	#36
1925	6,275	#42
1926	5,786	#42
1927	5,403	#48
1928	4,846	#56
1929	4,455	#59
1930	4,273	#61
1931	3,772	#65
1932	3,570	#69
1933	3,110	#80
1934	3,012	#81
1935	2,830	#87
1936	2,759	#87
1937	2,647	#96
1938	2,600	#102
1939	2,474	#102
1940	2,510	#98
1941	2,462	#103
1942	2,458	#113
1943	2,380	#118
1944	2,175	#123
1945	1,842	#132
1946	1,975	#136
1947	2,201	#136
1948	2,082	#140
1949	2,064	#145
1950	1,953	#150
1951	1,851	#165
1952	1,639	#183
1953	1,526	#202
1954	1,422	#211
1955	1,524	#204
1956	1,477	#211
1957	1,413	#223
1958	1,317	#230
1959	1,357	#233
1960	1,282	#243
1961	1,164	#262
1962	1,020	#284
1963	1,000	#293
1964	966	#296
1965	889	#300
1966	800	#312
1967	673	#343
1968	604	#369
1969	603	#381
1970	601	#390
1971	527	#407
1972	476	#413
1973	424	#443
1974	402	#453
1975	394	#472
1976	419	#459
1977	339	#534
1978	331	#540
1979	338	#551
1980	339	#550
1981	322	#574
1982	296	#607
1983	288	#610
1984	294	#608
1985	307	#616
1986	339	#576
1987	315	#613
1988	335	#597
1989	360	#597
1990	423	#558
1991	444	#527
1992	428	#549
1993	412	#576
1994	507	#493
1995	577	#443
1996	410	#566
1997	430	#548
1998	412	#587
1999	426	#581
2000	462	#565
2001	428	#592
2002	459	#571
2003	389	#677
2004	404	#682
2005	447	#627
2006	445	#650
2007	400	#728
2008	359	#803
2009	333	#839
2010	326	#823
2011	352	#772
2012	365	#762
2013	386	#716
2014	462	#623
2015	599	#524
2016	641	#486
2017	655	#476
2018	605	#517
2019	627	#501
2020	650	#472
2021	638	#493
2022	609	#514
2023	605	#503
2024	579	#528