Eddie
Eddie was given to 280 boys in 2025, #861 among boys’ names; 227,627 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 121,000 Americans named Eddie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (53% of everyone recorded); the median is 62 years old and half are between 44 and 72.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Eddie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Eddie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Eddie is “a diminutive of Edward, Edgar, Edwin, or other male given names beginning with Ed-.”
/ˈɛdi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Eddie?
#861 among boys’ names, 2025
Eddie fell from #669 in 2015 to #861 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.20 to 0.16 per 1,000.
4,715 babies in 1947, the peak
Eddie peaked in 1947, when 4,715 babies were given it (4,457 boys, #80 among boys’ names). The 287 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 6% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 280 | #861 | 0.16 |
| 2024 | 244 | #943 | 0.14 |
| 2023 | 278 | #861 | 0.16 |
| 2022 | 300 | #828 | 0.17 |
| 2021 | 329 | #763 | 0.19 |
| 2020 | 336 | #730 | 0.19 |
| 2019 | 321 | #746 | 0.18 |
| 2018 | 330 | #726 | 0.18 |
| 2017 | 357 | #692 | 0.19 |
| 2016 | 408 | #647 | 0.21 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 384 | #669 | 0.20 |
| 2014 | 465 | #591 | 0.24 |
| 2013 | 422 | #602 | 0.22 |
| 2012 | 480 | #544 | 0.25 |
| 2011 | 538 | #488 | 0.28 |
| 2010 | 503 | #511 | 0.26 |
| 2009 | 677 | #425 | 0.34 |
| 2008 | 655 | #437 | 0.32 |
| 2007 | 708 | #413 | 0.34 |
| 2006 | 765 | #391 | 0.37 |
| 2005 | 708 | #399 | 0.35 |
| 2004 | 775 | #361 | 0.39 |
| 2003 | 673 | #389 | 0.34 |
| 2002 | 680 | #382 | 0.35 |
| 2001 | 685 | #379 | 0.35 |
| 2000 | 783 | #349 | 0.40 |
| 1999 | 784 | #339 | 0.41 |
| 1998 | 796 | #339 | 0.42 |
| 1997 | 832 | #318 | 0.44 |
| 1996 | 832 | #317 | 0.44 |
| 1995 | 910 | #292 | 0.48 |
| 1994 | 946 | #290 | 0.49 |
| 1993 | 1,048 | #275 | 0.53 |
| 1992 | 1,091 | #260 | 0.55 |
| 1991 | 1,178 | #240 | 0.58 |
| 1990 | 1,248 | #232 | 0.61 |
| 1989 | 1,211 | #223 | 0.61 |
| 1988 | 1,129 | #222 | 0.59 |
| 1987 | 1,094 | #219 | 0.59 |
| 1986 | 1,087 | #218 | 0.59 |
| 1985 | 1,150 | #207 | 0.62 |
| 1984 | 1,169 | #201 | 0.65 |
| 1983 | 1,169 | #203 | 0.65 |
| 1982 | 1,293 | #192 | 0.71 |
| 1981 | 1,317 | #191 | 0.74 |
| 1980 | 1,389 | #177 | 0.78 |
| 1979 | 1,364 | #175 | 0.79 |
| 1978 | 1,383 | #170 | 0.84 |
| 1977 | 1,380 | #171 | 0.84 |
| 1976 | 1,399 | #169 | 0.89 |
| 1975 | 1,389 | #168 | 0.89 |
| 1974 | 1,457 | #166 | 0.93 |
| 1973 | 1,585 | #156 | 1.0 |
| 1972 | 1,739 | #150 | 1.1 |
| 1971 | 2,025 | #147 | 1.1 |
| 1970 | 2,150 | #151 | 1.2 |
| 1969 | 2,090 | #146 | 1.2 |
| 1968 | 2,165 | #132 | 1.2 |
| 1967 | 2,281 | #132 | 1.3 |
| 1966 | 2,534 | #121 | 1.4 |
| 1965 | 2,867 | #113 | 1.5 |
| 1964 | 3,326 | #106 | 1.7 |
| 1963 | 3,354 | #109 | 1.7 |
| 1962 | 3,683 | #105 | 1.8 |
| 1961 | 4,082 | #102 | 1.9 |
| 1960 | 4,191 | #102 | 2.0 |
| 1959 | 4,248 | #101 | 2.0 |
| 1958 | 4,129 | #100 | 1.9 |
| 1957 | 4,112 | #95 | 1.9 |
| 1956 | 3,994 | #93 | 1.9 |
| 1955 | 3,781 | #92 | 1.8 |
| 1954 | 3,766 | #91 | 1.8 |
| 1953 | 3,417 | #97 | 1.7 |
| 1952 | 3,643 | #93 | 1.9 |
| 1951 | 3,748 | #89 | 2.0 |
| 1950 | 3,760 | #89 | 2.1 |
| 1949 | 4,106 | #80 | 2.3 |
| 1948 | 4,234 | #78 | 2.4 |
| 1947 | 4,457 | #80 | 2.4 |
| 1946 | 3,746 | #85 | 2.3 |
| 1945 | 3,223 | #81 | 2.4 |
| 1944 | 3,315 | #79 | 2.4 |
| 1943 | 3,281 | #80 | 2.3 |
| 1942 | 3,019 | #86 | 2.2 |
| 1941 | 2,850 | #78 | 2.3 |
| 1940 | 2,576 | #81 | 2.2 |
| 1939 | 2,511 | #81 | 2.3 |
| 1938 | 2,616 | #79 | 2.4 |
| 1937 | 2,345 | #83 | 2.2 |
| 1936 | 2,347 | #79 | 2.3 |
| 1935 | 2,281 | #87 | 2.2 |
| 1934 | 2,169 | #92 | 2.1 |
| 1933 | 2,016 | #93 | 2.0 |
| 1932 | 2,112 | #91 | 2.0 |
| 1931 | 1,959 | #95 | 1.9 |
| 1930 | 1,972 | #97 | 1.8 |
| 1929 | 1,875 | #102 | 1.7 |
| 1928 | 1,807 | #105 | 1.6 |
| 1927 | 1,858 | #103 | 1.6 |
| 1926 | 1,678 | #108 | 1.5 |
| 1925 | 1,732 | #101 | 1.6 |
| 1924 | 1,595 | #113 | 1.4 |
| 1923 | 1,597 | #110 | 1.5 |
| 1922 | 1,587 | #112 | 1.5 |
| 1921 | 1,511 | #118 | 1.4 |
| 1920 | 1,681 | #104 | 1.6 |
| 1919 | 1,660 | #99 | 1.7 |
| 1918 | 1,423 | #117 | 1.4 |
| 1917 | 1,265 | #118 | 1.4 |
| 1916 | 1,311 | #114 | 1.5 |
| 1915 | 1,124 | #120 | 1.3 |
| 1914 | 1,010 | #109 | 1.5 |
| 1913 | 878 | #102 | 1.7 |
| 1912 | 718 | #104 | 1.7 |
| 1911 | 523 | #78 | 2.3 |
| 1910 | 595 | #59 | 3.1 |
| 1909 | 462 | #69 | 2.8 |
| 1908 | 413 | #71 | 2.7 |
| 1907 | 394 | #70 | 2.7 |
| 1906 | 377 | #66 | 2.8 |
| 1905 | 346 | #73 | 2.6 |
| 1904 | 315 | #75 | 2.5 |
| 1903 | 314 | #70 | 2.6 |
| 1902 | 353 | #66 | 2.9 |
| 1901 | 296 | #66 | 2.8 |
| 1900 | 425 | #63 | 2.8 |
| 1899 | 258 | #75 | 2.4 |
| 1898 | 256 | #81 | 2.1 |
| 1897 | 263 | #73 | 2.3 |
| 1896 | 262 | #76 | 2.2 |
| 1895 | 228 | #85 | 1.9 |
| 1894 | 203 | #94 | 1.8 |
| 1893 | 220 | #82 | 2.0 |
| 1892 | 218 | #90 | 1.8 |
| 1891 | 179 | #90 | 1.8 |
| 1890 | 197 | #86 | 1.8 |
| 1889 | 155 | #105 | 1.4 |
| 1888 | 193 | #94 | 1.6 |
| 1887 | 129 | #106 | 1.3 |
| 1886 | 197 | #86 | 1.8 |
| 1885 | 141 | #101 | 1.3 |
| 1884 | 179 | #89 | 1.6 |
| 1883 | 125 | #105 | 1.2 |
| 1882 | 169 | #90 | 1.5 |
| 1881 | 109 | #114 | 1.1 |
| 1880 | 129 | #104 | 1.2 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Eddie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 227,627 Americans recorded as Eddie, 7% are girls and 93% boys. In 2025 it went to 7 girls and 280 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Eddie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Eddie, and how old are they?
121,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 53% of the 227,627 Americans ever recorded as Eddie. The median Eddie alive today is 62 years old; half are between 44 and 72.
The 2020 Census counted 109,400 people named Eddie (3,699 women and girls, 105,701 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 135,813 born in the U.S. The Census count is 19% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 11,200 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 50,700 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 26,100 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 17,200 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 10,900 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 4,500 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Eddie born?
The states with the most babies named Eddie are Texas, Georgia and California, with 27% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 22,576 | #714 | 1.6× |
| Georgia | 18,278 | #809 | 3.0× |
| California | 17,731 | #629 | 1.1× |
| Mississippi | 15,958 | not ranked | 4.4× |
| Alabama | 14,562 | not ranked | 3.0× |
| North Carolina | 9,697 | #1,184 | 1.5× |
| Florida | 9,516 | #1,024 | 1.8× |
| Tennessee | 9,068 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Louisiana | 9,052 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| New York | 8,181 | #929 | 0.4× |
Where Eddie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Eddie is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 4.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Eddie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 242,591 babies since 1880, Eddie is the most given (94% of them). In 2025 it was given to 287 of their 408 babies (70%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Eddie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Eddie and names like it
- Compare Eddie and EddyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sEddie peaked in 1947.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Eddie since 1910.
- The top names of 1947The year the most babies were named Eddie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Eddie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with EMost given first.