Edythe
Edythe or Edyth is a female given name. It may refer to:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Edythe
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Edythe or Edyth is a female given name. It may refer to:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Edythe
The earliest SSA record of Edythe as a baby girl name dates back to 1880, when 19 babies received it. 1918 was its biggest year on record, with 582 newborns named Edythe — #260 in the national rankings. About 29% of every Edythe on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Edythe last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 14K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Edythe
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Edythe. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Edythe
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About the name Edythe
Edythe is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 14K births in the dataset. Edythe's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #260. Use the chart and map above to compare Edythe'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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