How Many People Are Named Edythe?
people named Edythe are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 167,459 people in the US has this name
Based on 13,880 babies named Edythe in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
582 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of EDITH.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Edythe in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Edythe alive today is about 69 years old, and 80% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 62 and 83 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Edythe first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 582 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Edythe has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #256, in 1915. In 2025 it ranked #11,196.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #11,196 |
| Best rank | #256 (1915) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #266 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Edythe alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Edythe were born in New York than in any other state: about 264 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Edythe was given 2.5 times as often in New Jersey, 2.3 times in New York and 1.6 times in Pennsylvania.
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