Eddy

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · #1,602 for boys in 2025, 106 births
Given to boys 97.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1947 · 223 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
14,039
since 1884

Eddy over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Eddy has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #449, 1947boys
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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#1,602106
2024#13,4776#1,530115
2023#10,3129#1,567111
2022#11,2318#1,574112
2021#11,1468#1,565111
2020#11,0908#1,609100
2019#12,4487#1,592104
2018#12,4647#1,489116
2017#14,1246#1,478114
2016—#1,304139
2015#14,4826#1,438118
2014—#1,276139
2013#16,5475#1,192150
2012—#1,065178
2011—#1,056178
2010—#1,127165
2009#17,2945#1,008195
2008#17,5045#1,095169
2007—#1,098166
2006—#868230
2005—#1,026164
2004—#915186
2003—#1,060146
2002#15,4325#959167
2001#15,3525#1,100129
2000—#1,152120
1999#14,4115#1,095122
1998—#1,159108
1997—#931145
1996#13,5185#935139
1995#13,3865#994125
1994—#972129
1993—#834159
1992#9,4918#814165
1991#10,2717#877144
1990#12,9585#914126
1989—#878131
1988—#880117
1987#7,9878#934102
1986#10,9125#886105
1985—#99285
1984—#874101
1983—#97981
1982—#92793
1981—#1,00981
1980#10,3925#878103
1979—#91791
1978—#1,00574
1977—#92185
1976#8,1566#89286
1975—#93377
1974#6,9007#786103
1973#7,4356#745116
1972—#82295
1971#8,3245#721131
1970—#668150
1969—#682134
1968—#620148
1967—#631142
1966#5,2737#614147
1965—#584171
1964#6,7675#589180
1963—#525230
1962#4,5339#567193
1961#5,3097#510242
1960#6,3905#541216
1959—#501243
1958#6,1035#508229
1957—#510229
1956#4,8377#484246
1955#5,8285#484230
1954#4,6557#494217
1953#3,9559#491205
1952#3,7969#478213
1951#3,7149#511177
1950#3,6629#475196
1949#4,6736#480188
1948—#450218
1947#4,0078#449223
1946#2,59714#450199
1945—#494147
1944#4,0546#495151
1943#3,04010#529142
1942#3,7387#536130
1941#2,66811#559115
1940#3,8636#60097
1939—#552108
1938—#59798
1937#4,2555#552111
1936#3,3767#64481
1935#3,4317#78562
1934—#79261
1933—#85253
1932#4,4115#80263
1931#4,3315#80860
1930—#79766
1929#4,0536#90055
1928#3,7437#1,12539
1927#4,8055#1,16338
1926#3,04610#1,16138
1925—#99847
1924—#1,49226
1923—#1,23534
1922—#1,50325
1921—#1,39029
1920—#1,38228
1919—#1,57622
1918—#1,82718
1917—#1,52822
1916—#1,77117
1915—#1,96814
1914—#1,38819
1913—#1,9459
1912—#1,41712
1911——
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1909—#1,0838
1908—#1,2176
1907—#1,0947
1906—#1,2535
1905—#78610
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First appearance
1884

The first year at least five boys were named Eddy! It came in at #971, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1884–1897, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Eddy is popular in 1955

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedMNIllinois: #466 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 10,788 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedWIMichigan: #404 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 8,718 boysMINew York: #689 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 24,893 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedIAIndiana: #357 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 6,626 boysINOhio: #444 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 11,028 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #379 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 5,462 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedNEMissouri: #358 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 5,881 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedARTennessee: #337 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,568 boysTNNorth Carolina: #498 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 9,138 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #271 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,443 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedMSAlabama: #277 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 2,430 boysALGeorgia: #448 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,005 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedHITexas: #391 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 3,665 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Eddy, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Oklahoma#271 · 1 in 2,443
  2. Alabama#277 · 1 in 2,430
  3. Tennessee#337 · 1 in 4,568
  4. Indiana#357 · 1 in 6,626
  5. Missouri#358 · 1 in 5,881

Best ever in a state: #165 in Idaho, 1945.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oklahoma#271101 in 2,443
Alabama#277161 in 2,430
Tennessee#33791 in 4,568
Indiana#35781 in 6,626
Missouri#35881 in 5,881
California#379291 in 5,462
Texas#391331 in 3,665
Michigan#404111 in 8,718
Ohio#444101 in 11,028
Georgia#44871 in 7,005
Illinois#466101 in 10,788
North Carolina#49861 in 9,138
New York#68971 in 24,893
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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 Eddy
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 72 spots since 2024 (#1,530 → #1,602)
  • 7 spots since 2020 (#1,609 → #1,602)
  • 164 spots since 2015 (#1,438 → #1,602)
  • Biggest jump: 494 spots in 1925 (#1,492 → #998)
  • Biggest drop: 467 spots in 1906 (#786 → #1,253)
Rise & fade · boys
63 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1947 at #449 (223 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 77 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1929–1977
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,049
  • Highest: 1 in 8,049 boys born in 1948 were named Eddy (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 16,114 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #449 in 1947, was only 1 in 8,204 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 15.6% of all boys named Eddy (2,185) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s10#959 (1886)#965
1890s16#994 (1890)#1,032
1900s51#786 (1905)#1,049
1910s145#928 (1910)#1,594
1920s359#900 (1929)#1,235
1930s763#552 (1937)#718
1940s1,610#449 (1947)#504
1950s2,185#475 (1950)#494
1960s1,803#510 (1961)#586
1970s1,008#668 (1970)#841
1980s999#874 (1984)#924
1990s1,362#814 (1992)#953
2000s1,672#868 (2006)#1,028
2010s1,401#1,056 (2011)#1,302
2020s655#1,530 (2024)#1,575

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.

Eddy in 1955

girls
#5,828
5 births · 1 in 391,055 girls
boys
#484
230 births · 1 in 8,956 boys

Top girls' names in 1955

  1. #1Mary63,174
  2. #2Deborah52,318
  3. #3Linda51,300
  4. #4Debra50,563
  5. #5Susan47,418
  6. #6Patricia46,226
  7. #7Barbara33,617
  8. #8Karen33,217
  9. #9Nancy30,023
  10. #10Donna27,940
  11. #5,828Eddy5

Top boys' names in 1955

  1. #1Michael88,355
  2. #2David86,306
  3. #3James84,186
  4. #4Robert83,758
  5. #5John80,128
  6. #6William59,990
  7. #7Richard53,566
  8. #8Thomas45,855
  9. #9Mark42,255
  10. #10Steven37,847
  11. #484Eddy230
More about 1955

girls

1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 391,055 of them was named Eddy, which outranked 13.4% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eddy
  1. #5,208Yvonnia6
  2. #5,208Zeena6
  3. #5,208Zera6
  4. #5,828Eddy5
  5. #5,828Abagail5
  6. #5,828Abelina5
  7. #5,828Adalene5

Tied with 904 names at #5,828; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 793Athena#1,505 → #712
  2. ↑ 675Desiree#984 → #309
  3. ↑ 661Roni#1,197 → #536
  4. ↑ 630Gisele#1,444 → #814
  5. ↑ 593Carmel#1,422 → #829
Fallers
  1. ↓ 514Valinda#806 → #1,320
  2. ↓ 378Elouise#969 → #1,347
  3. ↓ 287Veda#831 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 275Drema#978 → #1,253
  5. ↓ 264Brooke#965 → #1,229

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

boys

2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 8,956 of them was named Eddy, which outranked 89.0% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eddy
  1. #480Sandy233
  2. #482Junior232
  3. #483Blair231
  4. #484Eddy230
  5. #485Robbie229
  6. #486Lanny228
  7. #486Rocco228
Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 808Davy#1,333 → #525
  2. ↑ 326Wyatt#985 → #659
  3. ↑ 323Moises#1,311 → #988
  4. ↑ 296Tad#1,068 → #772
  5. ↑ 286Rhett#1,122 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 738Rahn#908 → #1,646
  2. ↓ 415Ricci#739 → #1,154
  3. ↓ 321Meredith#952 → #1,273
  4. ↓ 309Michial#985 → #1,294
  5. ↓ 282Arvin#973 → #1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1955 →