Recorded 1884–2025 · United States
Eddy was most popular in 1956, when 253 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,056 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,252, with 113 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 14,431 people named Eddy.
Eddy first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1884, which makes it about 141 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 127 of the 142 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 14,431 American births named Eddy between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 11,060 are estimated to be alive today.
113 American babies were named Eddy in 2025, ranking #3,252 that year.
Eddy is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 119 births a year, against 155 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -23% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Eddy is a boy’s name — 2.7% of the 14,431 Americans given it were girls and 97.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 6% girls and 94% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 11,060 Americans named Eddy are alive today — 77% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 40 years old, and half are between 20 and 65. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org