Ede

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Ede has been given to 18 babies in the U.S. since 1957. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1959, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Ede, 1979

1 in 665,000

Ede over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ede: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ede means

Ede is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Ede is used in Hungarian and Turkish.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hungarian, Ede is pronounced [ˈɛdɛ].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 18 girls were recorded with the name Ede between 1957 and 1979. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1959; its best national rank was #4,743 in 1959.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Ede?

Ede had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1979, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1979: 1 in 665,000; 5 of 3,326,731 births
Among girls only: 1 in 321,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1979: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 461,184 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ede sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1979 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 461,184 children born in 1979 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ede. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Edes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ede was born before 1959 — so the typical Ede is around 66 today.

Median birth year: 1959; About 66 years old
Biggest decade: 1950s; 72.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 18; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1950s — 72.2% of all recorded uses (13).

Is Ede rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1959 (8)
Years since peak: 66; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #4,743; 1959

Ede around the world

Where Ede ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2008–2019
#5,591
in 2019
South Australia
2011–2013
#818
in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Ede by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,743; 1959
Peak year: 1959; 8 that year
First recorded: 1957
Last recorded: 1979
All-time count: 18
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Ede

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Edel Edena Edessa Edelina Edee Edelin Edenrose Edelle Hiede Edelia Jaede Suede Edelynn Edengrace Deede Kaede Edell Edelyn Edeline Bosede Edelweiss Kennede Dede Winifrede

Sibling names for Ede

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Meg Andra Tamela Robbin Jannette Joellen Gerri Debby

For a brother

Curtiss Russ Nicky Dwain Stan Lindsay Cliff Von

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