Edytha
Edytha is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Edytha
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Edytha is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Edytha
The earliest SSA record of Edytha as a baby girl name dates back to 1916, when 10 babies received it. 1916 was its biggest year on record, with 10 newborns named Edytha — #2,833 in the national rankings. About 80% of every Edytha on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Edytha last appeared in the published SSA data in 1924, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 25 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Edytha
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About the name Edytha
Edytha is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1916 and has accumulated 25 births in the dataset. Edytha's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #2,833. Use the chart and map above to compare Edytha'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 .
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