Edith
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Edith
Edith was a hugely popular name a hundred years ago that's being revived among stylish parents in Stockholm and London. It's currently beginning to gain traction in the US among those with a taste for old-fashioned names with a soft but strong image.
The name of two American First Ladies, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, as well as that of several early English queens, Edith is one of the oldest surviving Anglo-Saxon names. Widely used in nineteenth century novels, Edith was chosen by Louisa May Alcott for the heroine of her first novel The Inheritance, written when she was seventeen.
Edith Wharton makes a fine literary namesake, with other noted bearers including poet Edith Sitwell, iconic Hollywood movie designer Edith Head, and for francophiles, there is the reference to Edith Piaf.
With the rise of so many other E-starting names from Ella to Evelyn, and the adorable short form Edie, we predict that Edith will soon sound more like a cute toddler than a dated granny, especially with the Despicable Me character and the emergence of one of the most interesting characters on Downton Abbey, Lady Edith Crawley.
Edith is also given to boys.
Pronounced EE-dith.
As of October 2026, Edith ranked #499 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #26 in 1894, Nameberry popularity #191.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #623 | 462 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #524 | 599 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #486 | 641 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #476 | 655 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #517 | 605 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #501 | 627 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #472 | 650 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #493 | 638 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #514 | 609 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #503 | 605 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #528 | 579 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #499 | 595 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Edith on lists
Famous Ediths
- Edith of WessexGirl
Queen consort of Edward the Confessor of England
- Edith of Mercia aka EaldgythGirl
Queen consort of Harold Godwinson of England
- Edith of England aka EadgythGirl
Queen consort of Otto I of Germany
- Edith Piaf (born Edith Giovanna Gassion)Girl
French singer
- Edith Kermit Carow RooseveltGirl
U.S. First Lady
- Edith Bolling Galt WilsonGirl
U.S. First Lady
- Edith Minturn "Edie" SedgwickGirl
American actress & heiress
- Edith "Edie" FalcoGirl
American actress
- Edith Louisa SitwellGirl
English poet
- Edith Blackwell HoldenGirl
English author and illustrator
- Edith HeadGirl
American costume designer
- EdithGirl
birth name of Queen Matilda of Scotland
- Edith Mary EvansGirl
English actress
- Edith PecheyGirl
one of the first British woman physicians
- Edith Irene SödergranGirl
Swedish,Finnish poet
- Edith Mary PargeterGirl
English historical novelist
- Edith Hirsch LuchinsGirl
Polish,American mathematician
- Saint Edith Stein aka Teresa Benedicta of the CrossGirl
German,Jewish,born nun and Holocaust victim
- Edith the Fair aka Edith SwanGirl
Neck, wife of King Harold Godwinson of England
- Edith L. CavellGirl
WWII nurse killed for aiding Allied soldiers
- Edith Frank HolländerGirl
mother of Jewish diarist Anne Frank
- Edith "Big Edie" Ewing BouvierGirl
American socialite
- Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier BealeGirl
American socialite
- Edith Eleanor BowmanGirl
Scottish radio DJ
- Edith Vivian Patricia Upton (b. 2015)Girl
daughter of actress Cate Blanchett
Edith in pop culture
- Edith CushingGirl
from the Guillermo del Toro movie "Crimson Peak"
- Edith BunkerGirl
Archie's wife on TV's "All in the Family"
- Edith CrawleyGirl
character on TV's "Downton Abbey"
- Edith FinchGirl
character in the game "What Remains of Edith Finch"
- EdithGirl
little girl in animated movie "Despicable Me"
- Edith MoorGirl
character in John Galsworthy's Forsyte saga
- Edith AnnGirl
character in Lily Tomlin's sketches
- Edith Shaw LennoxGirl
from Gaskell's "North & South"
- Edith StanleyGirl
from musical "The Pirates of Penzance"
- Edith PriorGirl
character in the Divergent trilogy
- Edith "Edie" BurchillGirl
from Morton's "The Distant Hours"
- Edith VernonGirl
from G. A. Henty's "St. George for England"
- Edith PilchesterGirl
from H.E. Bates' "Darling Buds of May"
- Edith and the KingpinGirl
a song by Joni Mitchell (1975)
- Miss EdithGirl
Drusilla's doll in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"