Eddy

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · #1,602 for boys in 2025, 106 births
Given to boys 97.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1947 · 223 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
14,039
since 1884

Eddy over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Eddy has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201940peak #449, 1947boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#11,9327#1,602106
2024#13,4776#1,530115
2023#10,3129#1,567111
2022#11,2318#1,574112
2021#11,1468#1,565111
2020#11,0908#1,609100
2019#12,4487#1,592104
2018#12,4647#1,489116
2017#14,1246#1,478114
2016#1,304139
2015#14,4826#1,438118
2014#1,276139
2013#16,5475#1,192150
2012#1,065178
2011#1,056178
2010#1,127165
2009#17,2945#1,008195
2008#17,5045#1,095169
2007#1,098166
2006#868230
2005#1,026164
2004#915186
2003#1,060146
2002#15,4325#959167
2001#15,3525#1,100129
2000#1,152120
1999#14,4115#1,095122
1998#1,159108
1997#931145
1996#13,5185#935139
1995#13,3865#994125
1994#972129
1993#834159
1992#9,4918#814165
1991#10,2717#877144
1990#12,9585#914126
1989#878131
1988#880117
1987#7,9878#934102
1986#10,9125#886105
1985#99285
1984#874101
1983#97981
1982#92793
1981#1,00981
1980#10,3925#878103
1979#91791
1978#1,00574
1977#92185
1976#8,1566#89286
1975#93377
1974#6,9007#786103
1973#7,4356#745116
1972#82295
1971#8,3245#721131
1970#668150
1969#682134
1968#620148
1967#631142
1966#5,2737#614147
1965#584171
1964#6,7675#589180
1963#525230
1962#4,5339#567193
1961#5,3097#510242
1960#6,3905#541216
1959#501243
1958#6,1035#508229
1957#510229
1956#4,8377#484246
1955#5,8285#484230
1954#4,6557#494217
1953#3,9559#491205
1952#3,7969#478213
1951#3,7149#511177
1950#3,6629#475196
1949#4,6736#480188
1948#450218
1947#4,0078#449223
1946#2,59714#450199
1945#494147
1944#4,0546#495151
1943#3,04010#529142
1942#3,7387#536130
1941#2,66811#559115
1940#3,8636#60097
1939#552108
1938#59798
1937#4,2555#552111
1936#3,3767#64481
1935#3,4317#78562
1934#79261
1933#85253
1932#4,4115#80263
1931#4,3315#80860
1930#79766
1929#4,0536#90055
1928#3,7437#1,12539
1927#4,8055#1,16338
1926#3,04610#1,16138
1925#99847
1924#1,49226
1923#1,23534
1922#1,50325
1921#1,39029
1920#1,38228
1919#1,57622
1918#1,82718
1917#1,52822
1916#1,77117
1915#1,96814
1914#1,38819
1913#1,9459
1912#1,41712
1911
1910#92812
1909#1,0838
1908#1,2176
1907#1,0947
1906#1,2535
1905#78610
1904
1903#1,0096
1902
1901
1900#9029
1899
1898#1,0026
1897
1896#1,1015
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890#9945
1889
1888
1887
1886#9595
1885
1884#9715
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1884

The first year at least five boys were named Eddy! It came in at #971, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1884–1897, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Eddy
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 72 spots since 2024 (#1,530#1,602)
  • 7 spots since 2020 (#1,609#1,602)
  • 164 spots since 2015 (#1,438#1,602)
  • Biggest jump: 494 spots in 1925 (#1,492#998)
  • Biggest drop: 467 spots in 1906 (#786#1,253)
Rise & fade · boys
63 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1947 at #449 (223 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 77 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1929–1977
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,049
  • Highest: 1 in 8,049 boys born in 1948 were named Eddy (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 16,114 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #449 in 1947, was only 1 in 8,204 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 15.6% of all boys named Eddy (2,185) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s10#959 (1886)#965
1890s16#994 (1890)#1,032
1900s51#786 (1905)#1,049
1910s145#928 (1910)#1,594
1920s359#900 (1929)#1,235
1930s763#552 (1937)#718
1940s1,610#449 (1947)#504
1950s2,185#475 (1950)#494
1960s1,803#510 (1961)#586
1970s1,008#668 (1970)#841
1980s999#874 (1984)#924
1990s1,362#814 (1992)#953
2000s1,672#868 (2006)#1,028
2010s1,401#1,056 (2011)#1,302
2020s655#1,530 (2024)#1,575

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.

Eddy in 1940

girls
#3,863
6 births · 1 in 190,588 girls
boys
#600
97 births · 1 in 11,950 boys

Top girls' names in 1940

  1. #1Mary56,216
  2. #2Barbara36,736
  3. #3Patricia32,665
  4. #4Judith22,385
  5. #5Betty22,077
  6. #6Carol21,759
  7. #7Nancy19,737
  8. #8Linda18,370
  9. #9Shirley17,881
  10. #10Sandra16,153
  11. #3,863Eddy6

Top boys' names in 1940

  1. #1James62,481
  2. #2Robert61,198
  3. #3John54,786
  4. #4William44,779
  5. #5Richard37,425
  6. #6Charles31,689
  7. #7David27,690
  8. #8Thomas23,991
  9. #9Donald23,115
  10. #10Ronald20,741
  11. #600Eddy97
More about 1940

girls

1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 190,588 of them was named Eddy, which outranked 23.2% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eddy
  1. #3,503Zelta7
  2. #3,503Zenaida7
  3. #3,503Zonnie7
  4. #3,863Eddy6
  5. #3,863Adina6
  6. #3,863Adra6
  7. #3,863Adrain6
  8. #4,349Abelina5
  9. #4,349Adair5
  10. #4,349Adel5

Tied with 485 names at #3,863; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. 2,494Scarlett#3,429#935
  2. 1,465Lonna#2,206#741
  3. 834Pam#1,797#963
  4. 659Jody#1,638#979
  5. 633Laraine#1,474#841
Fallers
  1. 481Fredia#996#1,477
  2. 430Eleanora#974#1,404
  3. 375Danielle#811#1,186
  4. 342Eloisa#930#1,272
  5. 298Coral#996#1,294

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

boys

1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 11,950 of them was named Eddy, which outranked 84.8% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eddy
  1. #597Bennett99
  2. #597Christian99
  3. #597Dee99
  4. #600Eddy97
  5. #600Jules97
  6. #602Bud96
  7. #602Carey96
  8. #602Cletus96

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. 565Whitney#1,458#893
  2. 447Gonzalo#1,297#850
  3. 419Weston#1,323#904
  4. 368Ashley#1,272#904
  5. 366Agustin#1,238#872
Fallers
  1. 886Montie#916#1,802
  2. 446Verlon#888#1,334
  3. 394Issac#857#1,251
  4. 392Otho#942#1,334
  5. 384Pearl#867#1,251

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

See the top 100 for 1940