How Many People Are Named Eddie?
people named Eddie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,774 people in the US has this name
Based on 227,627 babies named Eddie in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
4,715 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of EDWARD, EDMUND, and other names beginning with Ed.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Eddie in English. Counting Eddie and these spellings together, about 134,154 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Eddie, 3.9% were girls and 96.1% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1880s: 12.6% of the babies were girls then and 3% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Eddie alive today is about 56 years old, and 54% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 43 and 72 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Eddie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1947, to 4,715 babies. In 2025, 287 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Eddie never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #59, in 1910, and it was in the top 100 in 56 years between 1882 and 1958. In 2025 it ranked #861.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #861 |
| Best rank | #59 (1910) |
| Years in the top 100 | 56 (1882 to 1958) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #93 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Eddie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Eddie were born in California than in any other state: about 13,376 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Eddie was given 4.8 times as often in Mississippi, 3.2 times in Alabama and 3.2 times in Georgia.
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