Meaning not yet researched.
Eddie: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 280 in 2025. Its best rank was #59 in 1910.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #59 in 1910; #861 in 2025. About 98% of babies named Eddie in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#861 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1910, at #59.
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Eddie: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 280 boys in 2025. Peak: #59 in 1910 · most boys in one year: 4,457 (1947).
In 2025, 280 US boys were named Eddie, making it the 861st most common boys’ name of the year, up 82 places from #943 in 2024. That is 36 more than the 244 boys named Eddie in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #59, reached in 1910. The most boys given the name in a single year was 4,457, in 1947. For comparison, it was #669 in 2015 and #89 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Eddie in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 141 babies with the name. In all, 227,627 US babies have been given the name, 6.9% of them girls and 93% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 40,178 babies named Eddie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,183 US boys were named Eddie; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 408. In 2025 that was about 1 in 6,100 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Eddie ranked highest in Nevada in 2025, at #404 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Eduardo (110,690 babies since 1880), Eddy (14,431 babies since 1880) and Edie (5,752 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Eydie, Edi and Eddye are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Ed.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Eydie (479), Edi (408), Eddye (300), Edye (173), Eddi (125), Edee (108), Eadie (75), Edia (73), Eydi (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 33 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 7 | #404 | — |
| Utah | 8 | #528 | — |
| Wisconsin | 8 | #580 | #791 |
| California | 45 | #629 | #422 |
| Minnesota | 7 | #666 | — |
| Ohio | 13 | #684 | #1,016 |
| Texas | 39 | #714 | #574 |
| Arizona | 8 | #738 | #467 |
| South Carolina | 5 | #778 | #685 |
| Georgia | 11 | #809 | #461 |
| Illinois | 10 | #822 | #650 |
| Washington | 7 | #827 | #720 |
| Michigan | 8 | #858 | #607 |
| Indiana | 6 | #885 | — |
| New York | 14 | #929 | #728 |
| New Jersey | 6 | #950 | #669 |
| Florida | 13 | #1,024 | #732 |
| North Carolina | 6 | #1,184 | #854 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #12,253 | 280 | #861 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,741 | 244 | #943 |
| 2023 | 11 | #9,152 | 278 | #861 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,605 | 300 | #828 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,551 | 329 | #763 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,752 | 336 | #730 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,940 | 321 | #746 |
| 2018 | — | — | 330 | #726 |
| 2017 | 5 | #16,546 | 357 | #692 |
| 2016 | — | — | 408 | #647 |
| 2015 | 6 | #15,015 | 384 | #669 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,471 | 465 | #591 |
| 2013 | — | — | 422 | #602 |
| 2012 | — | — | 480 | #544 |
| 2011 | — | — | 538 | #488 |
| 2010 | — | — | 503 | #511 |
| 2009 | — | — | 677 | #425 |
| 2008 | 7 | #14,268 | 655 | #437 |
| 2007 | — | — | 708 | #413 |
| 2006 | 7 | #14,004 | 765 | #391 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,403 | 708 | #399 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,670 | 775 | #361 |
| 2003 | — | — | 673 | #389 |
| 2002 | — | — | 680 | #382 |
| 2001 | — | — | 685 | #379 |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,165 | 783 | #349 |
| 1999 | — | — | 784 | #339 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,913 | 796 | #339 |
| 1997 | — | — | 832 | #318 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,744 | 832 | #317 |
| 1995 | — | — | 910 | #292 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,838 | 946 | #290 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,744 | 1,048 | #275 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,680 | 1,091 | #260 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,933 | 1,178 | #240 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,627 | 1,248 | #232 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,918 | 1,211 | #223 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,054 | 1,129 | #222 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,373 | 1,094 | #219 |
| 1986 | 21 | #3,920 | 1,087 | #218 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,440 | 1,150 | #207 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,793 | 1,169 | #201 |
| 1983 | 19 | #3,988 | 1,169 | #203 |
| 1982 | 28 | #3,109 | 1,293 | #192 |
| 1981 | 24 | #3,461 | 1,317 | #191 |
| 1980 | 20 | #3,885 | 1,389 | #177 |
| 1979 | 28 | #3,015 | 1,364 | #175 |
| 1978 | 24 | #3,219 | 1,383 | #170 |
| 1977 | 32 | #2,625 | 1,380 | #171 |
| 1976 | 29 | #2,673 | 1,399 | #169 |
| 1975 | 23 | #3,078 | 1,389 | #168 |
| 1974 | 23 | #3,032 | 1,457 | #166 |
| 1973 | 36 | #2,186 | 1,585 | #156 |
| 1972 | 40 | #1,998 | 1,739 | #150 |
| 1971 | 51 | #1,757 | 2,025 | #147 |
| 1970 | 43 | #1,960 | 2,150 | #151 |
| 1969 | 48 | #1,762 | 2,090 | #146 |
| 1968 | 52 | #1,599 | 2,165 | #132 |
| 1967 | 49 | #1,621 | 2,281 | #132 |
| 1966 | 59 | #1,433 | 2,534 | #121 |
| 1965 | 67 | #1,341 | 2,867 | #113 |
| 1964 | 69 | #1,350 | 3,326 | #106 |
| 1963 | 56 | #1,492 | 3,354 | #109 |
| 1962 | 86 | #1,186 | 3,683 | #105 |
| 1961 | 92 | #1,148 | 4,082 | #102 |
| 1960 | 103 | #1,059 | 4,191 | #102 |
| 1959 | 110 | #1,006 | 4,248 | #101 |
| 1958 | 138 | #868 | 4,129 | #100 |
| 1957 | 109 | #995 | 4,112 | #95 |
| 1956 | 147 | #818 | 3,994 | #93 |
| 1955 | 156 | #764 | 3,781 | #92 |
| 1954 | 162 | #726 | 3,766 | #91 |
| 1953 | 172 | #688 | 3,417 | #97 |
| 1952 | 171 | #684 | 3,643 | #93 |
| 1951 | 205 | #598 | 3,748 | #89 |
| 1950 | 210 | #576 | 3,760 | #89 |
| 1949 | 216 | #572 | 4,106 | #80 |
| 1948 | 257 | #512 | 4,234 | #78 |
| 1947 | 258 | #515 | 4,457 | #80 |
| 1946 | 236 | #513 | 3,746 | #85 |
| 1945 | 242 | #458 | 3,223 | #81 |
| 1944 | 273 | #435 | 3,315 | #79 |
| 1943 | 324 | #406 | 3,281 | #80 |
| 1942 | 282 | #430 | 3,019 | #86 |
| 1941 | 269 | #419 | 2,850 | #78 |
| 1940 | 288 | #402 | 2,576 | #81 |
| 1939 | 261 | #419 | 2,511 | #81 |
| 1938 | 277 | #401 | 2,616 | #79 |
| 1937 | 280 | #389 | 2,345 | #83 |
| 1936 | 274 | #385 | 2,347 | #79 |
| 1935 | 299 | #368 | 2,281 | #87 |
| 1934 | 313 | #355 | 2,169 | #92 |
| 1933 | 274 | #390 | 2,016 | #93 |
| 1932 | 302 | #369 | 2,112 | #91 |
| 1931 | 303 | #368 | 1,959 | #95 |
| 1930 | 356 | #354 | 1,972 | #97 |
| 1929 | 341 | #357 | 1,875 | #102 |
| 1928 | 353 | #366 | 1,807 | #105 |
| 1927 | 369 | #353 | 1,858 | #103 |
| 1926 | 350 | #355 | 1,678 | #108 |
| 1925 | 375 | #351 | 1,732 | #101 |
| 1924 | 377 | #353 | 1,595 | #113 |
| 1923 | 339 | #360 | 1,597 | #110 |
| 1922 | 379 | #333 | 1,587 | #112 |
| 1921 | 330 | #368 | 1,511 | #118 |
| 1920 | 308 | #377 | 1,681 | #104 |
| 1919 | 312 | #363 | 1,660 | #99 |
| 1918 | 315 | #364 | 1,423 | #117 |
| 1917 | 254 | #396 | 1,265 | #118 |
| 1916 | 254 | #390 | 1,311 | #114 |
| 1915 | 280 | #359 | 1,124 | #120 |
| 1914 | 210 | #364 | 1,010 | #109 |
| 1913 | 183 | #361 | 878 | #102 |
| 1912 | 161 | #361 | 718 | #104 |
| 1911 | 120 | #367 | 523 | #78 |
| 1910 | 126 | #355 | 595 | #59 |
| 1909 | 104 | #356 | 462 | #69 |
| 1908 | 94 | #371 | 413 | #71 |
| 1907 | 77 | #404 | 394 | #70 |
| 1906 | 85 | #365 | 377 | #66 |
| 1905 | 85 | #367 | 346 | #73 |
| 1904 | 70 | #393 | 315 | #75 |
| 1903 | 69 | #382 | 314 | #70 |
| 1902 | 68 | #381 | 353 | #66 |
| 1901 | 55 | #397 | 296 | #66 |
| 1900 | 93 | #346 | 425 | #63 |
| 1899 | 49 | #419 | 258 | #75 |
| 1898 | 57 | #409 | 256 | #81 |
| 1897 | 52 | #407 | 263 | #73 |
| 1896 | 50 | #406 | 262 | #76 |
| 1895 | 50 | #397 | 228 | #85 |
| 1894 | 49 | #400 | 203 | #94 |
| 1893 | 26 | #551 | 220 | #82 |
| 1892 | 39 | #430 | 218 | #90 |
| 1891 | 35 | #423 | 179 | #90 |
| 1890 | 46 | #369 | 197 | #86 |
| 1889 | 30 | #446 | 155 | #105 |
| 1888 | 27 | #478 | 193 | #94 |
| 1887 | 22 | #478 | 129 | #106 |
| 1886 | 30 | #396 | 197 | #86 |
| 1885 | 25 | #416 | 141 | #101 |
| 1884 | 25 | #400 | 179 | #89 |
| 1883 | 22 | #399 | 125 | #105 |
| 1882 | 16 | #463 | 169 | #90 |
| 1881 | 11 | #517 | 109 | #114 |
| 1880 | 12 | #502 | 129 | #104 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).