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 1996 and has been recorded in 27 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2021 with 613 babies (rank #83 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

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.

6,973

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

613

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
1996	17	#1,128
1997	14	#1,310
1998	13	#1,417
1999	33	#709
2000	23	#939
2001	23	#945
2002	29	#827
2003	51	#578
2004	54	#576
2005	108	#375
2006	117	#364
2007	162	#291
2008	169	#280
2009	189	#254
2010	194	#260
2011	247	#206
2012	226	#221
2013	318	#164
2014	456	#122
2015	480	#122
2016	558	#101
2017	568	#93
2018	599	#91
2019	598	#89
2020	599	#85
2021	613	#83
2022	515	#95