Eddie

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · #860 for boys in 2025, 280 births
Given to boys 93.1% of the time

Showing
Show data for
Peak · boys
1910 · 595 births
Debut · boys
129 births
In top 100 · boys
56 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
211,867
since 1880

Eddie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #333, 1922peak #59, 1910girlsboys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#11,9327#860280
2024#9,55610#942244
2023#8,98911#861278
2022#10,3839#827300
2021#12,2067#763329
2020#9,54610#730336
2019#9,73610#746321
2018#726330
2017#15,9025#692357
2016#647408
2015#14,4826#669384
2014#13,0697#591465
2013#602422
2012#544480
2011#488538
2010#511503
2009#425677
2008#13,8327#437655
2007#413708
2006#13,6067#391765
2005#13,0107#399708
2004#14,1796#361775
2003#389673
2002#382680
2001#379685
2000#11,8017#349783
1999#339784
1998#12,4266#339796
1997#318832
1996#7,57411#317832
1995#291910
1994#9,5868#290946
1993#6,62213#2751,048
1992#7,51211#2601,091
1991#11,5096#2401,178
1990#5,54916#2321,248
1989#5,83614#2231,211
1988#4,01522#2221,129
1987#5,31214#2191,094
1986#3,89021#2181,087
1985#5,34813#2071,150
1984#4,73715#2011,169
1983#3,94919#2031,169
1982#3,09328#1921,293
1981#3,43624#1911,317
1980#3,85320#1771,389
1979#2,99728#1751,364
1978#3,19624#1701,383
1977#2,60632#1711,380
1976#2,66429#1691,399
1975#3,05223#1681,389
1974#3,00823#1661,457
1973#2,17136#1561,585
1972#1,98940#1501,739
1971#1,75451#1472,025
1970#1,95243#1512,150
1969#1,75548#1462,090
1968#1,59452#1322,165
1967#1,61749#1322,281
1966#1,43059#1212,534
1965#1,33767#1132,867
1964#1,34969#1063,326
1963#1,48956#1093,354
1962#1,18486#1053,683
1961#1,14492#1024,082
1960#1,058103#1024,191
1959#1,005110#1014,248
1958#868138#1004,129
1957#995109#954,112
1956#817147#933,994
1955#763156#923,781
1954#726162#913,766
1953#688172#973,417
1952#683171#933,643
1951#598205#893,748
1950#576210#893,760
1949#570216#804,106
1948#512257#784,234
1947#515258#804,457
1946#513236#853,746
1945#457242#813,223
1944#435273#793,315
1943#406324#803,281
1942#429282#863,019
1941#419269#782,850
1940#402288#812,576
1939#419261#812,511
1938#400277#792,616
1937#389280#832,345
1936#384274#792,347
1935#368299#872,281
1934#355313#922,169
1933#390274#932,016
1932#369302#912,112
1931#368303#951,959
1930#354356#971,972
1929#356341#1021,875
1928#366353#1051,807
1927#353369#1031,858
1926#355350#1081,678
1925#350375#1011,732
1924#353377#1131,595
1923#360339#1101,597
1922#333379#1121,587
1921#368330#1181,511
1920#377308#1041,681
1919#363312#991,660
1918#364315#1171,423
1917#396254#1181,265
1916#390254#1141,311
1915#358280#1201,124
1914#364210#1091,010
1913#359183#102878
1912#361161#104718
1911#367120#78523
1910#355126#59595
1909#356104#69462
1908#37194#71413
1907#40477#70394
1906#36485#66377
1905#36785#73346
1904#39370#75315
1903#38169#70314
1902#38168#66353
1901#39755#66296
1900#34693#63425
1899#41649#74258
1898#40957#81256
1897#40652#73263
1896#40350#76262
1895#39750#85228
1894#39949#94203
1893#54726#81220
1892#42839#90218
1891#42335#90179
1890#36946#86197
1889#43930#105155
1888#47627#93193
1887#47122#106129
1886#39530#86197
1885#41325#101141
1884#39825#88179
1883#39722#105125
1882#45816#90169
1881#50311#114109
1880#49212#104129
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Eddie was already there! It came in at #104, and was given to 129 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 130 boys a year got the name.

See more about Eddie
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 82 spots since 2024 (#942#860)
  • 130 spots since 2020 (#730#860)
  • 191 spots since 2015 (#669#860)
  • Biggest jump: 82 spots in 2025 (#942#860)
  • Biggest drop: 86 spots in 2010 (#425#511)
Rise & fade · boys
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1910 at #59 (595 births)
  • Births halved by 2023, 113 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 56 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 56 yrs · run 1930–1958
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 326
  • Highest: 1 in 326 boys born in 1910 were named Eddie (0.31%)
  • Latest: 1 in 6,100 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 18.2% of all boys named Eddie (38,598) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,526#86 (1886)#99
1890s2,284#73 (1897)#83
1900s3,695#63 (1900)#69
1910s10,507#59 (1910)#102
1920s16,921#101 (1925)#108
1930s22,328#79 (1938)#88
1940s34,807#78 (1948)#81
1950s38,598#89 (1950)#94
1960s30,573#102 (1960)#117
1970s15,871#147 (1971)#162
1980s12,008#177 (1980)#205
1990s9,665#232 (1990)#290
2000s7,109#349 (2000)#393
2010s4,208#488 (2011)#622
2020s1,767#730 (2020)#831

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Eddie in 1972

girls
#1,989
40 births · 1 in 38,031 girls
boys
#150
1,739 births · 1 in 932 boys

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #1,989Eddie40

Top boys' names in 1972

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #150Eddie1,739
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 38,031 of them was named Eddie, which outranked 79.4% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eddie
  1. #1,975Sammie41
  2. #1,975Sonji41
  3. #1,975Tobie41
  4. #1,989Eddie40
  5. #1,989Alta40
  6. #1,989Brande40
  7. #1,989Britta40
  8. #2,022Angele39
  9. #2,022Arica39
  10. #2,022Arnetta39

Tied with 32 names at #1,989; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. 5,804Camisha#6,619#815
  2. 3,921Catina#4,123#202
  3. 1,842Cherilyn#2,665#823
  4. 1,789Chasity#2,542#753
  5. 1,694Keena#2,542#848
Fallers
  1. 517Shayla#836#1,353
  2. 428Raina#798#1,226
  3. 280Kendall#742#1,022
  4. 275Alycia#951#1,226
  5. 255Charisse#727#982

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 932 of them was named Eddie, which outranked 97.4% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eddie
  1. #147Ernest1,767
  2. #148Barry1,752
  3. #149Brad1,748
  4. #150Eddie1,739
  5. #151Leonard1,718
  6. #152Manuel1,703
  7. #153Ricardo1,701
Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. 2,755Demond#3,146#391
  2. 1,286Cade#2,279#993
  3. 905Vidal#1,526#621
  4. 855Damond#1,784#929
  5. 849Kareem#1,254#405
Fallers
  1. 413Rich#914#1,327
  2. 401Monroe#947#1,348
  3. 317Laura#990#1,307
  4. 309Von#976#1,285
  5. 309Westley#998#1,307

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1972