Name profile

Eddy

This name is a diminutive of Edward, Edmund and other names beginning with Ed.

PronunciationEnglish /ˈɛd.i/; French /ɛ.di/; Dutch /ˈɛ.di/
Usage languagesDutch, English, French
US rank (2025)#1,602

Meaning and history

Eddy is a diminutive of Edward, Edmund, and other names beginning with Ed. A notable bearer is the Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx (1945–).

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 230 births, rank #868
2007: 166 births, rank #1,098
2008: 169 births, rank #1,095
2009: 195 births, rank #1,008
2010: 165 births, rank #1,127
20112011: 178 births, rank #1,056
2012: 178 births, rank #1,065
2013: 150 births, rank #1,192
2014: 139 births, rank #1,276
2015: 118 births, rank #1,438
20162016: 139 births, rank #1,304
2017: 114 births, rank #1,478
2018: 116 births, rank #1,489
2019: 104 births, rank #1,592
2020: 100 births, rank #1,609
20212021: 111 births, rank #1,565
2022: 112 births, rank #1,574
2023: 111 births, rank #1,567
2024: 115 births, rank #1,530
20252025: 106 births, rank #1,602

Eddy rose from #916 to #868 for boys between 2004 and 2006. Its highest annual birth count came in 1956, with 246 births.