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–).
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.