Meaning and history
An ornate variant of Edith that gained favor in the Victorian era, from the Old English elements ead "wealth, fortune" and gyth "war," broadly interpreted as "prosperous in war." The underlying name honors Saint Edith of Wilton, a 10th-century English nun and daughter of King Edgar.
20062006: 7 births, rank #13,606
2007: 5 births, rank #17,636
2008: no US SSA record for this spelling
2009: 5 births, rank #17,294
2010: 8 births, rank #12,276
20112011: 11 births, rank #9,723
2012: 8 births, rank #12,199
2013: 13 births, rank #8,580
2014: 15 births, rank #7,636
2015: 7 births, rank #13,006
20162016: 12 births, rank #8,875
2017: 9 births, rank #10,689
2018: 8 births, rank #11,427
2019: 10 births, rank #9,736
2020: 6 births, rank #13,453
20212021: 9 births, rank #10,292
2022: 6 births, rank #13,592
2023: 9 births, rank #10,312
2024: 7 births, rank #12,161
20252025: 8 births, rank #10,917
Edythe moved from #967 to #993 for girls between 1948 and 1949. Its highest annual birth count came in 1918, with 582 births.