How rare is the name Edie?

5,667 people in the United States have the first name Edie, about 1 in 53,297. It ranks #3,608 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

EDIE

#3,608

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,667
About
1 in 53,297
This common or more
82.7%
Who bears it

Of the 5,667 people named Edie, 74.4% reported their origin as White, 11.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.1% as Black. 94.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Edie peaked in 1963, when 211 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1963
Births that year
211
In 2025*
91 ▼57%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,752 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Edie by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,535. The largest share of babies named Edie, 26.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#2,74510
1890s#3,01517
1900s#3,15431
1910s#4,80076
1920s#7,16256
1930s#5,69569
1940s#3,352204
1950s#2,362519
1960s#1,5351,353
1970s#2,659593
1980s#6,221208
1990s#7,108240
2000s#4,876577
2010s#3,3441,096
2020s#3,198703
Before 19010.6%
Greatest Generation 1901–272.6%
Silent Generation 1928–452.9%
Baby boom 1946–6425.8%
Generation X 1965–8019.4%
Millennials 1981–966.2%
Generation Z 1997–1215.9%
2013 and later26.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Edie is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Edie has been most common in California (2.5×), Texas (2.3×), and Illinois (1.5×), and least common in Georgia (0.59×).

2,221 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Edie

1 other first name also has 5,667 people.

#3,608 Lucien · 5,667

Either side of Edie

#3,606 Sameer · 5,677#3,607 Dottie · 5,675#3,608 Lucien · 5,667#3,610 Keren · 5,666

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Edie, most common first.

#516 Eddie · 109,400#9,726 Edi · 1,412#31,866 Edye · 267#32,949 Edee · 253#34,261 Ede · 239#42,079 Edia · 172#52,133 Edde · 109

Also a last name

As a last name, Edie ranks #18,712 of 156,621, with 1,456 people. See Edie as a last name

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