# Eddy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/eddy/  
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 | /ˈɛdi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Eddie |
| US babies named this | 14,431 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 14,039 / 392 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 445, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Diminutives + -y.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5 | 16,053 |
| 2002 | 5 | 16,185 |
| 2008 | 5 | 18,314 |
| 2009 | 5 | 18,092 |
| 2013 | 5 | 17,292 |
| 2015 | 6 | 15,016 |
| 2017 | 6 | 14,625 |
| 2018 | 7 | 12,851 |
| 2019 | 7 | 12,824 |
| 2020 | 8 | 11,379 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11,399 |
| 2022 | 8 | 11,491 |
| 2023 | 9 | 10,537 |
| 2024 | 6 | 13,955 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12,254 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 178 | 1,059 |
| 2012 | 178 | 1,066 |
| 2013 | 150 | 1,193 |
| 2014 | 139 | 1,280 |
| 2015 | 118 | 1,440 |
| 2016 | 139 | 1,306 |
| 2017 | 114 | 1,481 |
| 2018 | 116 | 1,493 |
| 2019 | 104 | 1,595 |
| 2020 | 100 | 1,611 |
| 2021 | 111 | 1,568 |
| 2022 | 112 | 1,579 |
| 2023 | 111 | 1,568 |
| 2024 | 115 | 1,533 |
| 2025 | 106 | 1,605 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 1,342 |
| 2012 | 22 | 1,191 |
| 2013 | 17 | 1,404 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,459 |
| 2015 | 18 | 1,380 |
| 2016 | 17 | 1,498 |
| 2017 | 21 | 1,247 |
| 2018 | 25 | 1,097 |
| 2019 | 18 | 1,369 |
| 2020 | 27 | 1,019 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,448 |
| 2022 | 28 | 1,029 |
| 2023 | 21 | 1,272 |
| 2024 | 17 | 1,517 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1,705 |

## People named Eddy

- Eddy Merckx, Belgian cyclist (born 1945)
- Eddy Bosnar, Australian association football player
- Eddy Curry, American basketball player
- Eddy Planckaert, cyclist
- Eddy Pieters Graafland, Dutch footballer (1934-2020)
- Eddy Treijtel, Dutch footballer
- Eddy Cue, American businessman
- Eddy Pauwels, Belgian cyclist (1935–2017)
- Eddy Voordeckers, Belgian footballer (born 1960)
- Eddy Hartono, badminton player
- Eddy Beugels, Dutch cyclist (1944–2018)
- Eddy Tiel, field hockey player (1926–1993)

## 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.