Eddie

What Eddie means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Eddie yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1947, with 4,457 babies; 280 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Eddie?

US: Falling: down from #669 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #245 in 2015, #222 now.

Biggest US share so far: 1910, when 595 boys got the name (#59 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 6,100 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,209 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,964 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NV (0.62 per 1,000 boys), UT (0.41 per 1,000 boys), WI (0.34 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Eddie is #860 in the US and #222 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 97.6% of US babies named Eddie were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Audie31 US
• Odie17 US · 7 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Eddy

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Eddie

Boys

• Christopher#68“carrier of Christ”^*
• Daniel#22“God is my judge”^*
• David#35“beloved”^*
• Eric#273Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1970, with 23,571 babies; 1,256 in 2025
• Joshua#66“to save”^*
• Justin#233“just”^*

For a sister

• Andrea#235Feminine form of Andreas, meaning “manly”^*
• Ashley#164“ash tree + wood, clearing”^*
• Samantha#151“listener”^*
• Katherine#186Variant of Catherine, possibly meaning “each of the two”^*
• Sarah#90“masters, princes”^*
• Jasmine#206Editor’s note Down from #110 in 2015 to #206 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Eddie’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.