Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Edith

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Edith
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 92.6% from peak

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

7,858

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

92.6%

2024

579

All-time

270,279

Edith once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 7,858 girls were named Edith.

In 2024, only 579 girls were given the name.

Down 92.6% from its peak.

All told, about 270,279 Americans have been named Edith and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 92.6% from peak

19187,858 girls named Edith

2024579 girls named Edith

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