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Eddie

Gender
Boy
Say it
ED-ee
Origin
Old English
UK rank, 2025
#229 for boys
US rank, 2025
#860 for boys

Eddie is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “wealth, fortune”. In 2025 it ranked 229th for boys in the UK (246 babies) and 860th for boys in the US (280 babies).

What does Eddie mean?

Old English: pet form of Edward, Edmund or Edwin

“wealth, fortune”

A pet form of Old English names beginning with Ed-, such as Edward, Edmund and Edwin.

Is Eddie a girl's or a boy's name?

Eddie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 246 boys in the UK and 7 girls and 280 boys in the US.

How popular is Eddie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
229th among boys
Babies in 2025
246 about 1 in 1,200 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 2% in five years
Same name in a class
1.1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 246 boys in the UK were named Eddie, making it the 229th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 228th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 297 boys.

Half of all the boys named Eddie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 264 boys in the UK were given Eddie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #219, up from #229 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 222nd in England and Wales, 333rd in Scotland and 185th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 297 in 20222025
Eddie in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025246#229
2024239#231
2023255#214
2022297#194
2021263#220
2020247#228
2019259#226
2018251#231
2017248#245
2016230#263
2015222#262
2014157#322
2013155#316
2012145#343
2011123#377
2010111#404
2009101#419
2008113#374
200798#409
200685#434
200578#418
200478#399
200356#484
200256#444
200149#478
200038#570
199945#509
199838#550
199724#741
199636#529

How popular is Eddie in the US?

Rank in 2025
860th among boys
Babies in 2025
280 about 1 in 6,100 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 19% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 280 boys in the US were named Eddie, making it the 860th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 730th. Its busiest year was 1947, with 4,457 boys. 7 girls were also named Eddie in 2025 (11,928th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Eddie in the US since 1880 were born between 1938 and 1968, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 414 boys in the US were given Eddie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #630, up from #860 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 4,457 in 19472025
Eddie in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025280#860
2024244#942
2023278#861
2022300#827
2021329#763
2020336#730
2019321#746
2018330#726
2017357#692
2016408#647
2015384#669
2014465#591
2013422#602
2012480#544
2011538#488
2010503#511
2009677#425
2008655#437
2007708#413
2006765#391
2005708#399
2004775#361
2003673#389
2002680#382
2001685#379
2000783#349
1999784#339
1998796#339
1997832#318
1996832#317
1995910#291
1994946#290
19931,048#275
19921,091#260
19911,178#240
19901,248#232
19891,211#223
19881,129#222
19871,094#219
19861,087#218
19851,150#207
19841,169#201
19831,169#203
19821,293#192
19811,317#191
19801,389#177
19791,364#175
19781,383#170
19771,380#171
19761,399#169
19751,389#168
19741,457#166
19731,585#156
19721,739#150
19712,025#147
19702,150#151
19692,090#146
19682,165#132
19672,281#132
19662,534#121
19652,867#113
19643,326#106
19633,354#109
19623,683#105
19614,082#102
19604,191#102
19594,248#101
19584,129#100
19574,112#95
19563,994#93
19553,781#92
19543,766#91
19533,417#97
19523,643#93
19513,748#89
19503,760#89
19494,106#80
19484,234#78
19474,457#80
19463,746#85
19453,223#81
19443,315#79
19433,281#80
19423,019#86
19412,850#78
19402,576#81
19392,511#81
19382,616#79
19372,345#83
19362,347#79
19352,281#87
19342,169#92
19332,016#93
19322,112#91
19311,959#95
19301,972#97
19291,875#102
19281,807#105
19271,858#103
19261,678#108
19251,732#101
19241,595#113
19231,597#110
19221,587#112
19211,511#118
19201,681#104
19191,660#99
19181,423#117
19171,265#118
19161,311#114
19151,124#120
19141,010#109
1913878#102
1912718#104
1911523#78
1910595#59
1909462#69
1908413#71
1907394#70
1906377#66
1905346#73
1904315#75
1903314#70
1902353#66
1901296#66
1900425#63
1899258#74
1898256#81
1897263#73
1896262#76
1895228#85
1894203#94
1893220#81
1892218#90
1891179#90
1890197#86
1889155#105
1888193#93
1887129#106
1886197#86
1885141#101
1884179#88
1883125#105
1882169#90
1881109#114
1880129#104

Nicknames for Eddie

Names like Eddie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Freddie, Edward, Wilfred, Alfred, Stanley, Frederick, Archie, Ollie, Albert, Ernie, Arthur, Louie

Other spellings of Eddie

Eddy, Edi, Edy

Names related to Eddie

Eddi

More Old English names

Alfie, Teddy, Waylon, Audrey, Edith, Ozzy, Edie, Edwin, Ted, Teddie, Eduardo, Edgar, Alden, Edmund, Kelsey, Alvin

Every Old English name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Eddie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eddie, updated 20 October 2026.