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Eddy: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 106 in 2025. Its best rank was #449 in 1947.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #449 in 1947; #1,605 in 2025. About 94% of babies named Eddy in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,605 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1947, at #449.
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Eddy: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 106 boys in 2025. Peak: #449 in 1947 · most boys in one year: 246 (1956).
In 2025, 106 US boys were named Eddy, making it the 1,605th most common boys’ name of the year, down 72 places from #1,533 in 2024. That is 9 fewer than the 115 boys named Eddy in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #449, reached in 1947. The most boys given the name in a single year was 246, in 1956. For comparison, it was #1,440 in 2015 and #475 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Eddy in 127 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1884 with 5 babies. In all, 14,431 US babies have been given the name, 2.7% of them girls and 97% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 2,245 babies named Eddy.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,128 US boys were named Eddy; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 139. In 2025 that was about 1 in 16,114 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Eddy ranked highest in California in 2025, at #1,090 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Edward (1,308,955 babies since 1880), Eddie (227,627 babies since 1880), Eduardo (110,690 babies since 1880) and Ed (26,370 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Edy, Idy and Eidy are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Ed.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Edy (887), Idy (575), Eidy (6), Eudy (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 46 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 19 | #1,090 | #968 |
| North Carolina | 5 | #1,326 | #925 |
| New York | 7 | #1,457 | #1,090 |
| Texas | 12 | #1,508 | #1,211 |
| Florida | 6 | #1,685 | #1,046 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #12,254 | 106 | #1,605 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,955 | 115 | #1,533 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,537 | 111 | #1,568 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,491 | 112 | #1,579 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,399 | 111 | #1,568 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,379 | 100 | #1,611 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,824 | 104 | #1,595 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,851 | 116 | #1,493 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,625 | 114 | #1,481 |
| 2016 | — | — | 139 | #1,306 |
| 2015 | 6 | #15,016 | 118 | #1,440 |
| 2014 | — | — | 139 | #1,280 |
| 2013 | 5 | #17,292 | 150 | #1,193 |
| 2012 | — | — | 178 | #1,066 |
| 2011 | — | — | 178 | #1,059 |
| 2010 | — | — | 165 | #1,129 |
| 2009 | 5 | #18,092 | 195 | #1,009 |
| 2008 | 5 | #18,314 | 169 | #1,096 |
| 2007 | — | — | 166 | #1,099 |
| 2006 | — | — | 230 | #868 |
| 2005 | — | — | 164 | #1,026 |
| 2004 | — | — | 186 | #916 |
| 2003 | — | — | 146 | #1,064 |
| 2002 | 5 | #16,185 | 167 | #959 |
| 2001 | 5 | #16,053 | 129 | #1,101 |
| 2000 | — | — | 120 | #1,153 |
| 1999 | 5 | #15,103 | 122 | #1,096 |
| 1998 | — | — | 108 | #1,165 |
| 1997 | — | — | 145 | #931 |
| 1996 | 5 | #14,152 | 139 | #937 |
| 1995 | 5 | #14,090 | 125 | #995 |
| 1994 | — | — | 129 | #974 |
| 1993 | — | — | 159 | #835 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,741 | 165 | #816 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,603 | 144 | #877 |
| 1990 | 5 | #13,587 | 126 | #914 |
| 1989 | — | — | 131 | #881 |
| 1988 | — | — | 117 | #880 |
| 1987 | 8 | #8,213 | 102 | #934 |
| 1986 | 5 | #11,449 | 105 | #888 |
| 1985 | — | — | 85 | #992 |
| 1984 | — | — | 101 | #876 |
| 1983 | — | — | 81 | #980 |
| 1982 | — | — | 93 | #930 |
| 1981 | — | — | 81 | #1,010 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,828 | 103 | #883 |
| 1979 | — | — | 91 | #921 |
| 1978 | — | — | 74 | #1,006 |
| 1977 | — | — | 85 | #926 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,436 | 86 | #896 |
| 1975 | — | — | 77 | #933 |
| 1974 | 7 | #7,108 | 103 | #789 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,691 | 116 | #746 |
| 1972 | — | — | 95 | #823 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,690 | 131 | #721 |
| 1970 | — | — | 150 | #669 |
| 1969 | — | — | 134 | #683 |
| 1968 | — | — | 148 | #620 |
| 1967 | — | — | 142 | #631 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,412 | 147 | #614 |
| 1965 | — | — | 171 | #584 |
| 1964 | 5 | #7,043 | 180 | #589 |
| 1963 | — | — | 230 | #525 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,629 | 193 | #567 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,451 | 242 | #510 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,628 | 216 | #541 |
| 1959 | — | — | 243 | #502 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,354 | 229 | #508 |
| 1957 | — | — | 229 | #510 |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,967 | 246 | #484 |
| 1955 | 5 | #6,088 | 230 | #484 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,791 | 217 | #494 |
| 1953 | 9 | #4,025 | 205 | #491 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,893 | 213 | #479 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,783 | 177 | #511 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,755 | 196 | #475 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,829 | 188 | #481 |
| 1948 | — | — | 218 | #450 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,089 | 223 | #449 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,643 | 199 | #450 |
| 1945 | — | — | 147 | #494 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,190 | 151 | #495 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,098 | 142 | #530 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,848 | 130 | #537 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,720 | 115 | #560 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,986 | 97 | #600 |
| 1939 | — | — | 108 | #553 |
| 1938 | — | — | 98 | #597 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,420 | 111 | #552 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,466 | 81 | #645 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,499 | 62 | #785 |
| 1934 | — | — | 61 | #793 |
| 1933 | — | — | 53 | #853 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,593 | 63 | #804 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,507 | 60 | #810 |
| 1930 | — | — | 66 | #798 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,207 | 55 | #903 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,866 | 39 | #1,131 |
| 1927 | 5 | #5,005 | 38 | #1,163 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,102 | 38 | #1,165 |
| 1925 | — | — | 47 | #1,000 |
| 1924 | — | — | 26 | #1,500 |
| 1923 | — | — | 34 | #1,239 |
| 1922 | — | — | 25 | #1,518 |
| 1921 | — | — | 29 | #1,397 |
| 1920 | — | — | 28 | #1,393 |
| 1919 | — | — | 22 | #1,587 |
| 1918 | — | — | 18 | #1,846 |
| 1917 | — | — | 22 | #1,544 |
| 1916 | — | — | 17 | #1,789 |
| 1915 | — | — | 14 | #1,998 |
| 1914 | — | — | 19 | #1,405 |
| 1913 | — | — | 9 | #1,985 |
| 1912 | — | — | 12 | #1,443 |
| 1910 | — | — | 12 | #946 |
| 1909 | — | — | 8 | #1,103 |
| 1908 | — | — | 6 | #1,259 |
| 1907 | — | — | 7 | #1,126 |
| 1906 | — | — | 5 | #1,290 |
| 1905 | — | — | 10 | #800 |
| 1903 | — | — | 6 | #1,044 |
| 1900 | — | — | 9 | #921 |
| 1898 | — | — | 6 | #1,036 |
| 1896 | — | — | 5 | #1,142 |
| 1890 | — | — | 5 | #1,045 |
| 1886 | — | — | 5 | #1,006 |
| 1884 | — | — | 5 | #1,010 |
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).