Eddy
Eddy was given to 106 boys in 2025, #1,605 among boys’ names; 14,431 Americans have been recorded with it since 1884 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 10,900 Americans named Eddy and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (75% of everyone recorded); the median is 39 years old and half are between 20 and 65.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Eddy by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Eddy mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Eddy is “a diminutive of Edward, Edgar, Edwin, or other male given names beginning with Ed-.”
Diminutives + -y.
/ˈɛdi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Eddy?
#1,605 among boys’ names, 2025
Eddy fell from #1,440 in 2015 to #1,605 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 61.6 to 62.1 per million.
253 babies in 1956, the peak
Eddy peaked in 1956, when 253 babies were given it (246 boys, #483 among boys’ names). The 113 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 45% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 106 | #1,605 | 0.06 |
| 2024 | 115 | #1,533 | 0.07 |
| 2023 | 111 | #1,568 | 0.06 |
| 2022 | 112 | #1,579 | 0.06 |
| 2021 | 111 | #1,568 | 0.06 |
| 2020 | 100 | #1,611 | 0.06 |
| 2019 | 104 | #1,595 | 0.06 |
| 2018 | 116 | #1,493 | 0.06 |
| 2017 | 114 | #1,481 | 0.06 |
| 2016 | 139 | #1,306 | 0.07 |
Every recorded year (127)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 118 | #1,440 | 0.06 |
| 2014 | 139 | #1,280 | 0.07 |
| 2013 | 150 | #1,193 | 0.08 |
| 2012 | 178 | #1,066 | 0.09 |
| 2011 | 178 | #1,059 | 0.09 |
| 2010 | 165 | #1,129 | 0.09 |
| 2009 | 195 | #1,009 | 0.10 |
| 2008 | 169 | #1,096 | 0.08 |
| 2007 | 166 | #1,099 | 0.08 |
| 2006 | 230 | #868 | 0.11 |
| 2005 | 164 | #1,025 | 0.08 |
| 2004 | 186 | #915 | 0.09 |
| 2003 | 146 | #1,063 | 0.07 |
| 2002 | 167 | #958 | 0.09 |
| 2001 | 129 | #1,099 | 0.07 |
| 2000 | 120 | #1,151 | 0.06 |
| 1999 | 122 | #1,094 | 0.06 |
| 1998 | 108 | #1,162 | 0.06 |
| 1997 | 145 | #929 | 0.08 |
| 1996 | 139 | #935 | 0.07 |
| 1995 | 125 | #992 | 0.07 |
| 1994 | 129 | #970 | 0.07 |
| 1993 | 159 | #833 | 0.08 |
| 1992 | 165 | #814 | 0.08 |
| 1991 | 144 | #873 | 0.07 |
| 1990 | 126 | #910 | 0.06 |
| 1989 | 131 | #878 | 0.07 |
| 1988 | 117 | #879 | 0.06 |
| 1987 | 102 | #933 | 0.05 |
| 1986 | 105 | #888 | 0.06 |
| 1985 | 85 | #991 | 0.05 |
| 1984 | 101 | #876 | 0.06 |
| 1983 | 81 | #980 | 0.05 |
| 1982 | 93 | #930 | 0.05 |
| 1981 | 81 | #1,010 | 0.05 |
| 1980 | 103 | #883 | 0.06 |
| 1979 | 91 | #921 | 0.05 |
| 1978 | 74 | #1,006 | 0.05 |
| 1977 | 85 | #926 | 0.05 |
| 1976 | 86 | #896 | 0.05 |
| 1975 | 77 | #933 | 0.05 |
| 1974 | 103 | #789 | 0.07 |
| 1973 | 116 | #746 | 0.07 |
| 1972 | 95 | #823 | 0.06 |
| 1971 | 131 | #721 | 0.07 |
| 1970 | 150 | #669 | 0.08 |
| 1969 | 134 | #683 | 0.07 |
| 1968 | 148 | #620 | 0.09 |
| 1967 | 142 | #631 | 0.08 |
| 1966 | 147 | #614 | 0.08 |
| 1965 | 171 | #584 | 0.09 |
| 1964 | 180 | #589 | 0.09 |
| 1963 | 230 | #525 | 0.11 |
| 1962 | 193 | #567 | 0.09 |
| 1961 | 242 | #510 | 0.11 |
| 1960 | 216 | #541 | 0.10 |
| 1959 | 243 | #502 | 0.11 |
| 1958 | 229 | #507 | 0.11 |
| 1957 | 229 | #509 | 0.11 |
| 1956 | 246 | #483 | 0.12 |
| 1955 | 230 | #483 | 0.11 |
| 1954 | 217 | #493 | 0.11 |
| 1953 | 205 | #490 | 0.10 |
| 1952 | 213 | #478 | 0.11 |
| 1951 | 177 | #510 | 0.09 |
| 1950 | 196 | #474 | 0.11 |
| 1949 | 188 | #480 | 0.11 |
| 1948 | 218 | #450 | 0.12 |
| 1947 | 223 | #449 | 0.12 |
| 1946 | 199 | #450 | 0.12 |
| 1945 | 147 | #494 | 0.11 |
| 1944 | 151 | #495 | 0.11 |
| 1943 | 142 | #530 | 0.10 |
| 1942 | 130 | #537 | 0.09 |
| 1941 | 115 | #560 | 0.09 |
| 1940 | 97 | #600 | 0.08 |
| 1939 | 108 | #553 | 0.10 |
| 1938 | 98 | #597 | 0.09 |
| 1937 | 111 | #552 | 0.10 |
| 1936 | 81 | #645 | 0.08 |
| 1935 | 62 | #785 | 0.06 |
| 1934 | 61 | #793 | 0.06 |
| 1933 | 53 | #853 | 0.05 |
| 1932 | 63 | #804 | 0.06 |
| 1931 | 60 | #810 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 66 | #798 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 55 | #903 | 0.05 |
| 1928 | 39 | #1,131 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 38 | #1,163 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 38 | #1,165 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 47 | #1,000 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 26 | #1,500 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 34 | #1,239 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 25 | #1,518 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 29 | #1,397 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 28 | #1,393 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 22 | #1,586 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 18 | #1,845 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,544 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,788 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 14 | #1,997 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 19 | #1,405 | 0.03 |
| 1913 | 9 | #1,984 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,442 | 0.03 |
| 1910 | 12 | #945 | 0.06 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,103 | 0.05 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,258 | 0.04 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,125 | 0.05 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,289 | 0.04 |
| 1905 | 10 | #800 | 0.08 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,044 | 0.05 |
| 1900 | 9 | #920 | 0.06 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,035 | 0.05 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,141 | 0.04 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,045 | 0.05 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,006 | 0.05 |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,010 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Eddy a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 14,431 Americans recorded as Eddy, 3% are girls and 97% boys. In 2025 it went to 7 girls and 106 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Eddy: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Eddy, and how old are they?
10,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 75% of the 14,431 Americans ever recorded as Eddy. The median Eddy alive today is 39 years old; half are between 20 and 65.
The 2020 Census counted 17,687 people named Eddy (806 women and girls, 16,881 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 10,951 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.6 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 426 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,780 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,660 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,840 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,550 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,600 |
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 Eddy born?
The states with the most babies named Eddy are California, Texas and New York, with 55% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2,117 | #1,090 | 1.5× |
| Texas | 1,745 | #1,508 | 1.6× |
| New York | 1,102 | #1,457 | 1.0× |
| Florida | 771 | #1,685 | 1.5× |
| Illinois | 420 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Tennessee | 247 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 215 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| North Carolina | 214 | #1,326 | 0.5× |
| New Jersey | 212 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Alabama | 211 | not ranked | 0.8× |
Where Eddy is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Eddy is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 1.6 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 Eddy 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 6 names spelled alike, given to 243,550 babies since 1880, Eddy is the second most given (5.9% of them). In 2025 it was given to 113 of their 434 babies (26%), again the second 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 Eddy
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 Eddy and names like it
- Compare Eddy and EddieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sEddy peaked in 1956.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Eddy since 1910.
- The top names of 1956The year the most babies were named Eddy.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Eddy alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with EMost given first.