Edie

What Edie means

Diminutive of Edith, meaning “wealth, riches + battle”

diminutive of the female given name Edith || Inherited from Old English Ēadġȳþ, from Proto-Germanic *audaz (“wealth, riches”) + *gunþiz (“battle”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Edie” (revision 91526653) and “Edith” (revision 93670868), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Edie?

US: Falling: down from #1793 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #150 in 2015, #156 now.

Biggest US share so far: 1963, when 211 girls got the name (#699 that year). First in the US records in 1888.

How common

• About 1 in 17,662 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 787 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,627 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in ME (1.61 per 1,000 girls), NC (0.22 per 1,000 girls), NY (0.13 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Edie is #2064 in the US and #156 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Edie were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Addie176 US · 7 E&W
• Ettie11 US · 137 E&W
• Adia23 US
• Audie22 US
• Idia6 US · 7 E&W
• Eddie7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Edie

Girls

• Stella#52“star”^*
• Evelyn#8Same root as Eileen, possibly meaning “radiance, beauty”^*
• Luciana#273Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #273 vs #1,809 in 2025
• Lucy#24“light”^*
• Olive#197Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #47 vs #197 in 2025
• Ruby#64Editor’s note Up from #83 in 2015 to #64 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 450 US girls in the 2025 records

For a brother

• Emerson#254Editor’s note Up from #300 in 2015 to #254 in 2025 in the US
• Judah#178Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #178 vs #404 in 2025
• Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025
• Atticus#281“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”^*
• Karter#270Variant of Carter, meaning “son of Arthur”^*
• Beckham#168“homestead”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Edie’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.