Eddie
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · #860 for boys in 2025, 280 births
Given to boys 93.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1910 · 595 births
- Debut · boys
- 129 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 56 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 211,867since 1880
Eddie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 | #860 | 280 |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 | #942 | 244 |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 | #861 | 278 |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | #827 | 300 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | #763 | 329 |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 | #730 | 336 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | #746 | 321 |
| 2018 | — | #726 | 330 | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #692 | 357 |
| 2016 | — | #647 | 408 | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | #669 | 384 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | #591 | 465 |
| 2013 | — | #602 | 422 | |
| 2012 | — | #544 | 480 | |
| 2011 | — | #488 | 538 | |
| 2010 | — | #511 | 503 | |
| 2009 | — | #425 | 677 | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #437 | 655 |
| 2007 | — | #413 | 708 | |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | #391 | 765 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #399 | 708 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #361 | 775 |
| 2003 | — | #389 | 673 | |
| 2002 | — | #382 | 680 | |
| 2001 | — | #379 | 685 | |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #349 | 783 |
| 1999 | — | #339 | 784 | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #339 | 796 |
| 1997 | — | #318 | 832 | |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | #317 | 832 |
| 1995 | — | #291 | 910 | |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | #290 | 946 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 | #275 | 1,048 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #260 | 1,091 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #240 | 1,178 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 | #232 | 1,248 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | #223 | 1,211 |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 | #222 | 1,129 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | #219 | 1,094 |
| 1986 | #3,890 | 21 | #218 | 1,087 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | #207 | 1,150 |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 | #201 | 1,169 |
| 1983 | #3,949 | 19 | #203 | 1,169 |
| 1982 | #3,093 | 28 | #192 | 1,293 |
| 1981 | #3,436 | 24 | #191 | 1,317 |
| 1980 | #3,853 | 20 | #177 | 1,389 |
| 1979 | #2,997 | 28 | #175 | 1,364 |
| 1978 | #3,196 | 24 | #170 | 1,383 |
| 1977 | #2,606 | 32 | #171 | 1,380 |
| 1976 | #2,664 | 29 | #169 | 1,399 |
| 1975 | #3,052 | 23 | #168 | 1,389 |
| 1974 | #3,008 | 23 | #166 | 1,457 |
| 1973 | #2,171 | 36 | #156 | 1,585 |
| 1972 | #1,989 | 40 | #150 | 1,739 |
| 1971 | #1,754 | 51 | #147 | 2,025 |
| 1970 | #1,952 | 43 | #151 | 2,150 |
| 1969 | #1,755 | 48 | #146 | 2,090 |
| 1968 | #1,594 | 52 | #132 | 2,165 |
| 1967 | #1,617 | 49 | #132 | 2,281 |
| 1966 | #1,430 | 59 | #121 | 2,534 |
| 1965 | #1,337 | 67 | #113 | 2,867 |
| 1964 | #1,349 | 69 | #106 | 3,326 |
| 1963 | #1,489 | 56 | #109 | 3,354 |
| 1962 | #1,184 | 86 | #105 | 3,683 |
| 1961 | #1,144 | 92 | #102 | 4,082 |
| 1960 | #1,058 | 103 | #102 | 4,191 |
| 1959 | #1,005 | 110 | #101 | 4,248 |
| 1958 | #868 | 138 | #100 | 4,129 |
| 1957 | #995 | 109 | #95 | 4,112 |
| 1956 | #817 | 147 | #93 | 3,994 |
| 1955 | #763 | 156 | #92 | 3,781 |
| 1954 | #726 | 162 | #91 | 3,766 |
| 1953 | #688 | 172 | #97 | 3,417 |
| 1952 | #683 | 171 | #93 | 3,643 |
| 1951 | #598 | 205 | #89 | 3,748 |
| 1950 | #576 | 210 | #89 | 3,760 |
| 1949 | #570 | 216 | #80 | 4,106 |
| 1948 | #512 | 257 | #78 | 4,234 |
| 1947 | #515 | 258 | #80 | 4,457 |
| 1946 | #513 | 236 | #85 | 3,746 |
| 1945 | #457 | 242 | #81 | 3,223 |
| 1944 | #435 | 273 | #79 | 3,315 |
| 1943 | #406 | 324 | #80 | 3,281 |
| 1942 | #429 | 282 | #86 | 3,019 |
| 1941 | #419 | 269 | #78 | 2,850 |
| 1940 | #402 | 288 | #81 | 2,576 |
| 1939 | #419 | 261 | #81 | 2,511 |
| 1938 | #400 | 277 | #79 | 2,616 |
| 1937 | #389 | 280 | #83 | 2,345 |
| 1936 | #384 | 274 | #79 | 2,347 |
| 1935 | #368 | 299 | #87 | 2,281 |
| 1934 | #355 | 313 | #92 | 2,169 |
| 1933 | #390 | 274 | #93 | 2,016 |
| 1932 | #369 | 302 | #91 | 2,112 |
| 1931 | #368 | 303 | #95 | 1,959 |
| 1930 | #354 | 356 | #97 | 1,972 |
| 1929 | #356 | 341 | #102 | 1,875 |
| 1928 | #366 | 353 | #105 | 1,807 |
| 1927 | #353 | 369 | #103 | 1,858 |
| 1926 | #355 | 350 | #108 | 1,678 |
| 1925 | #350 | 375 | #101 | 1,732 |
| 1924 | #353 | 377 | #113 | 1,595 |
| 1923 | #360 | 339 | #110 | 1,597 |
| 1922 | #333 | 379 | #112 | 1,587 |
| 1921 | #368 | 330 | #118 | 1,511 |
| 1920 | #377 | 308 | #104 | 1,681 |
| 1919 | #363 | 312 | #99 | 1,660 |
| 1918 | #364 | 315 | #117 | 1,423 |
| 1917 | #396 | 254 | #118 | 1,265 |
| 1916 | #390 | 254 | #114 | 1,311 |
| 1915 | #358 | 280 | #120 | 1,124 |
| 1914 | #364 | 210 | #109 | 1,010 |
| 1913 | #359 | 183 | #102 | 878 |
| 1912 | #361 | 161 | #104 | 718 |
| 1911 | #367 | 120 | #78 | 523 |
| 1910 | #355 | 126 | #59 | 595 |
| 1909 | #356 | 104 | #69 | 462 |
| 1908 | #371 | 94 | #71 | 413 |
| 1907 | #404 | 77 | #70 | 394 |
| 1906 | #364 | 85 | #66 | 377 |
| 1905 | #367 | 85 | #73 | 346 |
| 1904 | #393 | 70 | #75 | 315 |
| 1903 | #381 | 69 | #70 | 314 |
| 1902 | #381 | 68 | #66 | 353 |
| 1901 | #397 | 55 | #66 | 296 |
| 1900 | #346 | 93 | #63 | 425 |
| 1899 | #416 | 49 | #74 | 258 |
| 1898 | #409 | 57 | #81 | 256 |
| 1897 | #406 | 52 | #73 | 263 |
| 1896 | #403 | 50 | #76 | 262 |
| 1895 | #397 | 50 | #85 | 228 |
| 1894 | #399 | 49 | #94 | 203 |
| 1893 | #547 | 26 | #81 | 220 |
| 1892 | #428 | 39 | #90 | 218 |
| 1891 | #423 | 35 | #90 | 179 |
| 1890 | #369 | 46 | #86 | 197 |
| 1889 | #439 | 30 | #105 | 155 |
| 1888 | #476 | 27 | #93 | 193 |
| 1887 | #471 | 22 | #106 | 129 |
| 1886 | #395 | 30 | #86 | 197 |
| 1885 | #413 | 25 | #101 | 141 |
| 1884 | #398 | 25 | #88 | 179 |
| 1883 | #397 | 22 | #105 | 125 |
| 1882 | #458 | 16 | #90 | 169 |
| 1881 | #503 | 11 | #114 | 109 |
| 1880 | #492 | 12 | #104 | 129 |
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 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#81 · 1 in 336
- Florida#109 · 1 in 615
- Georgia#110 · 1 in 581
- North Carolina#111 · 1 in 641
- Arkansas#113 · 1 in 567
Best ever in a state: #13 in Mississippi, 1930.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #81 | 55 | 1 in 336 |
| Florida | #109 | 83 | 1 in 615 |
| Georgia | #110 | 65 | 1 in 581 |
| North Carolina | #111 | 58 | 1 in 641 |
| Arkansas | #113 | 26 | 1 in 567 |
| South Carolina | #114 | 36 | 1 in 568 |
| Hawaii | #116 | 12 | 1 in 529 |
| Kentucky | #120 | 34 | 1 in 803 |
| District of Columbia | #129 | 13 | 1 in 590 |
| Alabama | #132 | 38 | 1 in 679 |
| Illinois | #133 | 95 | 1 in 836 |
| Oklahoma | #135 | 23 | 1 in 863 |
| New Mexico | #145 | 15 | 1 in 673 |
| Louisiana | #148 | 48 | 1 in 688 |
| Tennessee | #148 | 34 | 1 in 939 |
| New York | #153 | 112 | 1 in 984 |
| Arizona | #158 | 22 | 1 in 863 |
| Texas | #158 | 153 | 1 in 752 |
| California | #169 | 175 | 1 in 965 |
| New Jersey | #177 | 34 | 1 in 1,217 |
| West Virginia | #189 | 8 | 1 in 1,708 |
| Michigan | #193 | 38 | 1 in 1,691 |
| Virginia | #198 | 22 | 1 in 1,455 |
| Ohio | #199 | 42 | 1 in 1,835 |
| Colorado | #214 | 13 | 1 in 1,549 |
| Massachusetts | #229 | 12 | 1 in 2,763 |
| Maryland | #231 | 11 | 1 in 1,940 |
| Missouri | #236 | 16 | 1 in 2,185 |
| Kansas | #250 | 7 | 1 in 2,226 |
| Indiana | #266 | 14 | 1 in 2,807 |
| Connecticut | #274 | 6 | 1 in 2,742 |
| Washington | #281 | 10 | 1 in 2,678 |
| Utah | #284 | 7 | 1 in 2,553 |
| Pennsylvania | #292 | 19 | 1 in 3,861 |
| Wisconsin | #348 | 6 | 1 in 5,355 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1910 at #59 (595 births)
- Births halved by 2023, 113 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 56 yrs · run 1930–1958
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 326 boys born in 1910 were named Eddie (0.31%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,100 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 18.2% of all boys named Eddie (38,598) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,526 | #86 (1886) | #99 |
| 1890s | 2,284 | #73 (1897) | #83 |
| 1900s | 3,695 | #63 (1900) | #69 |
| 1910s | 10,507 | #59 (1910) | #102 |
| 1920s | 16,921 | #101 (1925) | #108 |
| 1930s | 22,328 | #79 (1938) | #88 |
| 1940s | 34,807 | #78 (1948) | #81 |
| 1950s | 38,598 | #89 (1950) | #94 |
| 1960s | 30,573 | #102 (1960) | #117 |
| 1970s | 15,871 | #147 (1971) | #162 |
| 1980s | 12,008 | #177 (1980) | #205 |
| 1990s | 9,665 | #232 (1990) | #290 |
| 2000s | 7,109 | #349 (2000) | #393 |
| 2010s | 4,208 | #488 (2011) | #622 |
| 2020s | 1,767 | #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 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 63,827 of them was named Eddie, which outranked 72.1% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,098Vickey25
- #3,098Wenona25
- #3,098Yulonda25
- #3,196Eddie24
- #3,196Abbe24
- #3,196Akia24
- #3,196Aleasha24
- #3,283Adelaide23
- #3,283Aliesha23
- #3,283Alita23
Tied with 86 names at #3,196; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 1,187 of them was named Eddie, which outranked 97.5% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.