Eddie

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Eddie or Eddy is a diminutive for given names such as Edward, Edmund, Edgar, Edison, Edsel, Edwin, Eduardo, Edmundo or Ed. It is also occasionally used as a given name on its own. Notable people known as Eddie or Eddy include:

From Wikipedia

Eddie first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 220 babies (rank #244 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Eddie

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Eddie yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
8PersonalityThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

1,944

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

220

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Also a character in

In Stranger Things: Eddie Munson — Hellfire Club

Famous people named Eddie

Eddie Vedderguitarist · b. 1964
Eddie IrvineFormula One driver · b. 1965
Eddie Cantorproducer · b. 1892
Eddie Nketiahassociation football player · b. 1999
Eddie Deezenfilm actor · b. 1958

More popular boys' names

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	34	#521
1997	22	#733
1998	36	#529
1999	44	#471
2000	37	#529
2001	46	#455
2002	52	#431
2003	53	#462
2004	75	#379
2005	76	#396
2006	82	#408
2007	92	#392
2008	103	#365
2009	94	#411
2010	106	#381
2011	121	#357
2012	139	#321
2013	145	#305
2014	145	#317
2015	217	#246
2016	220	#244