# Eddie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/eddie/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Eddy |
| US babies named this | 227,627 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 211,867 / 15,760 (7% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,106, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7 | 12,165 |
| 2004 | 6 | 14,670 |
| 2005 | 7 | 13,403 |
| 2006 | 7 | 14,004 |
| 2008 | 7 | 14,268 |
| 2014 | 7 | 13,471 |
| 2015 | 6 | 15,015 |
| 2017 | 5 | 16,546 |
| 2019 | 10 | 9,940 |
| 2020 | 10 | 9,752 |
| 2021 | 7 | 12,551 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10,605 |
| 2023 | 11 | 9,152 |
| 2024 | 10 | 9,741 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12,253 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 538 | 488 |
| 2012 | 480 | 544 |
| 2013 | 422 | 602 |
| 2014 | 465 | 591 |
| 2015 | 384 | 669 |
| 2016 | 408 | 647 |
| 2017 | 357 | 692 |
| 2018 | 330 | 726 |
| 2019 | 321 | 746 |
| 2020 | 336 | 730 |
| 2021 | 329 | 763 |
| 2022 | 300 | 828 |
| 2023 | 278 | 861 |
| 2024 | 244 | 943 |
| 2025 | 280 | 861 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 121 | 356 |
| 2012 | 139 | 321 |
| 2013 | 145 | 304 |
| 2014 | 145 | 316 |
| 2015 | 217 | 245 |
| 2016 | 220 | 244 |
| 2017 | 235 | 230 |
| 2018 | 240 | 217 |
| 2019 | 245 | 210 |
| 2020 | 230 | 218 |
| 2021 | 241 | 219 |
| 2022 | 276 | 187 |
| 2023 | 236 | 206 |
| 2024 | 220 | 222 |
| 2025 | 225 | 222 |

## People named Eddie

- Eddie Vedder, American singer and guitarist
- Eddie Irvine, British racecar driver
- Eddie Cantor, American comedian and actor (1892–1964)
- Eddie Deezen, American actor
- Eddie Nketiah, English association football player (born 1999)
- Eddie Fisher, American singer and actor (1928–2010)
- Eddie Howe, English association football player and manager (born 1977)
- Eddie Cibrian, American actor (born 1973)
- Eddie Adams, American photographer (1933–2004)
- Eddie Marsan, British actor
- Eddie Cahill, American actor
- Eddie Kaye Thomas, American actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.