Eddie — #941 US boys' name
211,579 babies named Eddie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1947. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 93% of names given to boys today.
18% of everyone ever named Eddie was born in this single decade.
4,457 babies were named Eddie in 1947 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Eddie
The Social Security Administration has registered 211,579 babies named Eddie between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Eddie currently holds the #941 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 4,457 babies received it in a single year. Eddie is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 15,753 additional births since 1880.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Eddie performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 38,595 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Eddie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 20,240 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Eddie in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Eddie in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 211,579 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Eddie at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Eddie popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1947)
- 4,457
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #941 among boys.
211,579 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1947 with 4,457 births in a single year.
Eddie popularity over time — girls
15,753 total births recorded since 1880 (Eddie as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Eddie accounts for 7% of total recorded use across both genders.
Eddie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 38,595 births that decade — 18% of Eddie's all-time total
Eddie decade highlights
- Peak decade 38,595 births
- Runner-up 34,806 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Eddie's strongest decade
38,595 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 18% of all-time use.
Eddie by state
Where Eddie concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 20,240 | 9.6% |
| #2 | California | | 17,555 | 8.3% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 16,386 | 7.7% |
| #4 | Mississippi | | 14,033 | 6.6% |
| #5 | Alabama | | 12,891 | 6.1% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 9,402 | 4.4% |
| #7 | Florida | | 9,025 | 4.3% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 8,337 | 3.9% |
20,240 of 211,579 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.6% of nationwide
- California 8.3% of nationwide
- Georgia 7.7% of nationwide
- Mississippi 6.6% of nationwide
- Alabama 6.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 50 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Eddie appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.