Edita
Edita is a Lithuanian, Czech, Slovak and Croatian female given name, a form of Edith. Notable people with the name include:
- Czech
- Slovak
- Slovene
- Croatian
Meaning & Origin of Edita
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Edita is a Lithuanian, Czech, Slovak and Croatian female given name, a form of Edith. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Czech
- Slovak
- Slovene
- Croatian
- Serbian
- Lithuanian
The Story of Edita
Edita first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1981, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2000: 10 births, good for #9,163 nationwide. About 65% of every Edita on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Edita last appeared in the published SSA data in 2008, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 77 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Edita
Edita is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1981 and has accumulated 77 births in the dataset. Edita's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #9,163. Use the chart and map above to compare Edita's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.