girl's name

Edythe

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 13,883

Edythe is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 8 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1918, when 582 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 414,422 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Edythe over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

4,055
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Edythe by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 344
1890s 810
1900s 1,275
1910s 4,055
1920s 3,826
1930s 1,333
1940s 933
1950s 622
1960s 352
1970s 117
1980s 34
1990s 5
2000s 28
2010s 101
2020s (to 2025) 45

How popular is Edythe?

In 2025, Edythe was given to 8 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Edythe is used

England & Wales #7,094 3 in 2010
United States #11,646 8 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Edythe

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Edythe also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Edythe over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Edythe

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Edythe — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Edythe

How popular is the name Edythe?

In 2025, Edythe was given to 8 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Edythe a girl's or a boy's name?

Edythe is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Edythe?

Edythe has 2 syllables.

When was Edythe most popular?

Edythe peaked in 1918, when 582 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Edythe a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Edythe currently ranks #11,646 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.