Eddye — girls' name
294 babies named Eddye in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1941. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Eddye was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Eddye in 1941 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Eddye
The Social Security Administration has registered 294 babies named Eddye between 1917 and 1959, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Eddye currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1959. The name reached its historical peak in 1941, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Eddye performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 113 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Eddye shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Eddye in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Eddye 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 294 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.
Eddye at a glance
Last recorded 1959Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Eddye popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–1917
- Peak year (1941)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1959.
294 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1941 with 14 births in a single year.
Eddye popularity over time — boys
6 total births recorded since 2002 (Eddye as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Eddye accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Eddye by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 113 births that decade — 38% of Eddye's all-time total
Eddye decade highlights
- Peak decade 113 births
- Runner-up 71 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Eddye's strongest decade
113 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Eddye by state
Where Eddye concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.7% |
5 of 294 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1917–1959 (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.