first name
EDDY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 17,687 people named Eddy, 55.9% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 24.8% as White and 10.9% as Black. 95.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Eddy peaked in 1956, when 253 babies got the name.
At least 14,431 babies have been given the name since 1884. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Eddy by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #1,054. The largest share of babies named Eddy, 29%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Eddy is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Eddy has been most common in Texas (2.5×), Florida (2.5×), and California (2.3×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.09×).
8,956 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Eddy
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Eddy, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Eddy ranks #1,876 of 156,621, with 18,785 people. See Eddy as a last name
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