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Eddy

Boy · ED-ee · Old English

Eddy is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “wealth, fortune”. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the UK (15 babies) and 1,602nd for boys in the US (106 babies).

What does Eddy 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 and Edmund.

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ED-ee

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

Eddy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the UK and 7 girls and 106 boys in the US.

How popular is Eddy in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,771among boys
Babies in 2025
15about 1 in 20,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 29% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were named Eddy, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,105th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 29 boys.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Eddy than any year since 2014.

Half of all the boys named Eddy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 264 boys in the UK were given Eddy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #219, up from #1,771 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,703rd in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 29 in 20222025
Eddy in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202515#1,771
202417#1,585
202321#1,355
202229#1,092
202118#1,481
202027#1,105
201920#1,351
201828#1,098
201722#1,290
201618#1,512
201520#1,367
20149#2,378
201317#1,493
201222#1,278
201119#1,385
201018#1,452
200912#1,852
200814#1,599
200715#1,540
200612#1,640
200514#1,445
200410#1,688
20038#1,880
200214#1,193
200112#1,283
200010#1,405
19993#3,043
19984#2,531
19977#1,678
19964#2,442

How popular is Eddy in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,602among boys
Babies in 2025
106about 1 in 16,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 4% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 106 boys in the US were named Eddy, making it the 1,602nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,609th. Its busiest year was 1956, with 246 boys. It first appears in the records in 1884. 7 girls were also named Eddy in 2025 (11,928th for girls).

2025 had fewer boys named Eddy than any year since 2020.

Half of all the boys named Eddy in the US since 1880 were born between 1952 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 414 boys in the US were given Eddy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #630, up from #1,602 for this spelling alone.

1884Busiest: 246 in 19562025
Eddy in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025106#1,602
2024115#1,530
2023111#1,567
2022112#1,574
2021111#1,565
2020100#1,609
2019104#1,592
2018116#1,489
2017114#1,478
2016139#1,304
2015118#1,438
2014139#1,276
2013150#1,192
2012178#1,065
2011178#1,056
2010165#1,127
2009195#1,008
2008169#1,095
2007166#1,098
2006230#868
2005164#1,025
2004186#914
2003146#1,059
2002167#958
2001129#1,098
2000120#1,150
1999122#1,093
1998108#1,156
1997145#929
1996139#933
1995125#991
1994129#968
1993159#832
1992165#812
1991144#873
1990126#910
1989131#875
1988117#879
1987102#933
1986105#886
198585#991
1984101#874
198381#979
198293#927
198181#1,009
1980103#878
197991#917
197874#1,005
197785#921
197686#892
197577#933
1974103#786
1973116#745
197295#822
1971131#721
1970150#668
1969134#682
1968148#620
1967142#631
1966147#614
1965171#584
1964180#589
1963230#525
1962193#567
1961242#510
1960216#541
1959243#501
1958229#507
1957229#509
1956246#483
1955230#483
1954217#493
1953205#490
1952213#477
1951177#510
1950196#474
1949188#479
1948218#450
1947223#449
1946199#450
1945147#494
1944151#495
1943142#529
1942130#536
1941115#559
194097#600
1939108#552
193898#597
1937111#552
193681#644
193562#785
193461#792
193353#852
193263#802
193160#808
193066#797
192955#900
192839#1,125
192738#1,163
192638#1,161
192547#998
192426#1,492
192334#1,235
192225#1,503
192129#1,390
192028#1,382
191922#1,575
191818#1,826
191722#1,528
191617#1,770
191514#1,967
191419#1,388
19139#1,944
191212#1,416
19110–
191012#927
19098#1,083
19086#1,216
19077#1,093
19065#1,252
190510#786
19040–
19036#1,009
19020–
19010–
19009#901
18990–
18986#1,001
18970–
18965#1,100
18950–
18940–
18930–
18920–
18910–
18905#994
18890–
18880–
18870–
18865#959
18850–
18845#971

Nicknames for Eddy

Names like Eddy

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

Teddy Sonny Tommy Rudy Rory Bobby Cody Lenny Toby Ronnie Frankie Brody

Other spellings of Eddy

Eddie Edi Edy

Names related to Eddy

Ed Eddi

More Old English names

Alfie Edward Waylon Alfred Audrey Edith Wilfred Ozzy Edie Edwin Ted Teddie Eduardo Edgar Alden Edmund