Eddie

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · #860 for boys in 2025, 280 births
Given to boys 93.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
1910 · 595 births
Debut · boys
129 births
In top 100 · boys
56 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
211,867
since 1880

Eddie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201940peak #333, 1922peak #59, 1910girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#11,9327#860280
2024#9,55610#942244
2023#8,98911#861278
2022#10,3839#827300
2021#12,2067#763329
2020#9,54610#730336
2019#9,73610#746321
2018—#726330
2017#15,9025#692357
2016—#647408
2015#14,4826#669384
2014#13,0697#591465
2013—#602422
2012—#544480
2011—#488538
2010—#511503
2009—#425677
2008#13,8327#437655
2007—#413708
2006#13,6067#391765
2005#13,0107#399708
2004#14,1796#361775
2003—#389673
2002—#382680
2001—#379685
2000#11,8017#349783
1999—#339784
1998#12,4266#339796
1997—#318832
1996#7,57411#317832
1995—#291910
1994#9,5868#290946
1993#6,62213#2751,048
1992#7,51211#2601,091
1991#11,5096#2401,178
1990#5,54916#2321,248
1989#5,83614#2231,211
1988#4,01522#2221,129
1987#5,31214#2191,094
1986#3,89021#2181,087
1985#5,34813#2071,150
1984#4,73715#2011,169
1983#3,94919#2031,169
1982#3,09328#1921,293
1981#3,43624#1911,317
1980#3,85320#1771,389
1979#2,99728#1751,364
1978#3,19624#1701,383
1977#2,60632#1711,380
1976#2,66429#1691,399
1975#3,05223#1681,389
1974#3,00823#1661,457
1973#2,17136#1561,585
1972#1,98940#1501,739
1971#1,75451#1472,025
1970#1,95243#1512,150
1969#1,75548#1462,090
1968#1,59452#1322,165
1967#1,61749#1322,281
1966#1,43059#1212,534
1965#1,33767#1132,867
1964#1,34969#1063,326
1963#1,48956#1093,354
1962#1,18486#1053,683
1961#1,14492#1024,082
1960#1,058103#1024,191
1959#1,005110#1014,248
1958#868138#1004,129
1957#995109#954,112
1956#817147#933,994
1955#763156#923,781
1954#726162#913,766
1953#688172#973,417
1952#683171#933,643
1951#598205#893,748
1950#576210#893,760
1949#570216#804,106
1948#512257#784,234
1947#515258#804,457
1946#513236#853,746
1945#457242#813,223
1944#435273#793,315
1943#406324#803,281
1942#429282#863,019
1941#419269#782,850
1940#402288#812,576
1939#419261#812,511
1938#400277#792,616
1937#389280#832,345
1936#384274#792,347
1935#368299#872,281
1934#355313#922,169
1933#390274#932,016
1932#369302#912,112
1931#368303#951,959
1930#354356#971,972
1929#356341#1021,875
1928#366353#1051,807
1927#353369#1031,858
1926#355350#1081,678
1925#350375#1011,732
1924#353377#1131,595
1923#360339#1101,597
1922#333379#1121,587
1921#368330#1181,511
1920#377308#1041,681
1919#363312#991,660
1918#364315#1171,423
1917#396254#1181,265
1916#390254#1141,311
1915#358280#1201,124
1914#364210#1091,010
1913#359183#102878
1912#361161#104718
1911#367120#78523
1910#355126#59595
1909#356104#69462
1908#37194#71413
1907#40477#70394
1906#36485#66377
1905#36785#73346
1904#39370#75315
1903#38169#70314
1902#38168#66353
1901#39755#66296
1900#34693#63425
1899#41649#74258
1898#40957#81256
1897#40652#73263
1896#40350#76262
1895#39750#85228
1894#39949#94203
1893#54726#81220
1892#42839#90218
1891#42335#90179
1890#36946#86197
1889#43930#105155
1888#47627#93193
1887#47122#106129
1886#39530#86197
1885#41325#101141
1884#39825#88179
1883#39722#105125
1882#45816#90169
1881#50311#114109
1880#49212#104129
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Eddie was already there! It came in at #104, and was given to 129 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 130 boys a year got the name.

Where Eddie is popular in 1940

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Eddie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Eddie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Eddie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Eddie, so not publishedNHWashington: #107 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 571 boysWAIdaho: #101 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 404 boysIDMontana: #105 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 472 boysMTNorth Dakota: #155 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 930 boysNDMinnesota: #240 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,992 boysMNIllinois: #106 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 693 boysILWisconsin: #194 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,284 boysWIMichigan: #165 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 1,534 boysMINew York: #160 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 1,769 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Eddie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Eddie, so not publishedRIOregon: #135 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 790 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Eddie, so not publishedNVWyoming: #79 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 311 boysWYSouth Dakota: #171 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,011 boysSDIowa: #170 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,238 boysIAIndiana: #88 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 517 boysINOhio: #121 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 846 boysOHPennsylvania: #209 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 2,953 boysPANew Jersey: #173 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,091 boysNJConnecticut: #142 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,588 boysCTCalifornia: #82 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 432 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Eddie, so not publishedUTColorado: #70 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 307 boysCONebraska: #108 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 571 boysNEMissouri: #78 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 406 boysMOKentucky: #83 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 408 boysKYWest Virginia: #78 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 388 boysWVVirginia: #80 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 382 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Eddie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Eddie, so not publishedDEArizona: #34 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 139 boysAZNew Mexico: #31 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 130 boysNMKansas: #111 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 540 boysKSArkansas: #36 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 187 boysARTennessee: #47 for boys · 116 births · 1 in 241 boysTNNorth Carolina: #56 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 282 boysNCSouth Carolina: #47 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 231 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #118 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 792 boysDCOklahoma: #61 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 277 boysOKLouisiana: #47 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 222 boysLAMississippi: #17 for boys · 225 births · 1 in 97 boysMSAlabama: #26 for boys · 200 births · 1 in 144 boysALGeorgia: #31 for boys · 215 births · 1 in 145 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Eddie, so not publishedHITexas: #50 for boys · 224 births · 1 in 278 boysTXFlorida: #41 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 176 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#17 · 1 in 97
  2. Alabama#26 · 1 in 144
  3. New Mexico#31 · 1 in 130
  4. Georgia#31 · 1 in 145
  5. Arizona#34 · 1 in 139

Best ever in a state: #13 in Mississippi, 1930.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#172251 in 97
Alabama#262001 in 144
Georgia#312151 in 145
New Mexico#31461 in 130
Arizona#34361 in 139
Arkansas#361031 in 187
Florida#41881 in 176
Louisiana#471021 in 222
South Carolina#47921 in 231
Tennessee#471161 in 241
Texas#502241 in 278
North Carolina#561311 in 282
Oklahoma#61771 in 277
Colorado#70321 in 307
Missouri#78721 in 406
West Virginia#78501 in 388
Wyoming#7961 in 311
Virginia#80641 in 382
California#821221 in 432
Kentucky#83701 in 408
Indiana#88551 in 517
Idaho#101121 in 404
Montana#105101 in 472
Illinois#106851 in 693
Washington#107221 in 571
Nebraska#108171 in 571
Kansas#111241 in 540
District of Columbia#11881 in 792
Ohio#121641 in 846
Oregon#135101 in 790
Connecticut#14271 in 1,588
North Dakota#15561 in 930
New York#160531 in 1,769
Michigan#165301 in 1,534
Iowa#170171 in 1,238
South Dakota#17151 in 1,011
New Jersey#173131 in 2,091
Wisconsin#194111 in 2,284
Pennsylvania#209261 in 2,953
Minnesota#24081 in 2,992
Alaska———
Delaware———
Hawaii———
Maine———
Maryland———
Massachusetts———
Nevada———
New Hampshire———
Rhode Island———
Utah———
Vermont———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Eddie
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 82 spots since 2024 (#942 → #860)
  • 130 spots since 2020 (#730 → #860)
  • 191 spots since 2015 (#669 → #860)
  • Biggest jump: 82 spots in 2025 (#942 → #860)
  • Biggest drop: 86 spots in 2010 (#425 → #511)
Rise & fade · boys
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1910 at #59 (595 births)
  • Births halved by 2023, 113 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 56 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 56 yrs · run 1930–1958
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 326
  • Highest: 1 in 326 boys born in 1910 were named Eddie (0.31%)
  • Latest: 1 in 6,100 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 18.2% of all boys named Eddie (38,598) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,526#86 (1886)#99
1890s2,284#73 (1897)#83
1900s3,695#63 (1900)#69
1910s10,507#59 (1910)#102
1920s16,921#101 (1925)#108
1930s22,328#79 (1938)#88
1940s34,807#78 (1948)#81
1950s38,598#89 (1950)#94
1960s30,573#102 (1960)#117
1970s15,871#147 (1971)#162
1980s12,008#177 (1980)#205
1990s9,665#232 (1990)#290
2000s7,109#349 (2000)#393
2010s4,208#488 (2011)#622
2020s1,767#730 (2020)#831

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Eddie in 1940

girls
#402
288 births · 1 in 3,971 girls
boys
#81
2,576 births · 1 in 450 boys

Top girls' names in 1940

  1. #1Mary56,216
  2. #2Barbara36,736
  3. #3Patricia32,665
  4. #4Judith22,385
  5. #5Betty22,077
  6. #6Carol21,759
  7. #7Nancy19,737
  8. #8Linda18,370
  9. #9Shirley17,881
  10. #10Sandra16,153
  11. #402Eddie288

Top boys' names in 1940

  1. #1James62,481
  2. #2Robert61,198
  3. #3John54,786
  4. #4William44,779
  5. #5Richard37,425
  6. #6Charles31,689
  7. #7David27,690
  8. #8Thomas23,991
  9. #9Donald23,115
  10. #10Ronald20,741
  11. #81Eddie2,576
More about 1940

girls

1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 3,971 of them was named Eddie, which outranked 92.0% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eddie
  1. #399Effie290
  2. #399Lizzie290
  3. #399Melva290
  4. #402Eddie288
  5. #402Virgie288
  6. #404Dianna287
  7. #404Judie287
  8. #404Laurel287

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,494Scarlett#3,429 → #935
  2. ↑ 1,465Lonna#2,206 → #741
  3. ↑ 834Pam#1,797 → #963
  4. ↑ 659Jody#1,638 → #979
  5. ↑ 633Laraine#1,474 → #841
Fallers
  1. ↓ 481Fredia#996 → #1,477
  2. ↓ 430Eleanora#974 → #1,404
  3. ↓ 375Danielle#811 → #1,186
  4. ↓ 342Eloisa#930 → #1,272
  5. ↓ 298Coral#996 → #1,294

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 450 of them was named Eddie, which outranked 97.9% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eddie
  1. #78Jim2,715
  2. #79Phillip2,628
  3. #80Lee2,624
  4. #81Eddie2,576
  5. #82Bernard2,468
  6. #83Glenn2,465
  7. #84Andrew2,431
Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. ↑ 565Whitney#1,458 → #893
  2. ↑ 447Gonzalo#1,297 → #850
  3. ↑ 419Weston#1,323 → #904
  4. ↑ 368Ashley#1,272 → #904
  5. ↑ 366Agustin#1,238 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 886Montie#916 → #1,802
  2. ↓ 446Verlon#888 → #1,334
  3. ↓ 394Issac#857 → #1,251
  4. ↓ 392Otho#942 → #1,334
  5. ↓ 384Pearl#867 → #1,251

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1940 →