Eddie

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Eddie: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Eddie: Recorded since 1945, it reached #166 in 2021, and it stood at #286 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
106times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#166highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2016–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2016	#4096
2022	#3970
2023	#5687
2024	#3695

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 26 of the 81 years from 1945 to 2025.

In 2025: #286 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #457 among boys in Norway.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #342 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded2002–2024
Highest recorded position: #166 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2021 (recorded 2002–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #457 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Eddie appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, with 30 ranked years and 312 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Boys, from 1945.

Eddie across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Eddie's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#342 (1945)	#285 (1957)	#457 (2025)	26 of 81	151 (1945–2025)	11 (1965)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#330 (1982)	#240 (2024)	#286 (2025)	30 of 44	312 (1982–2025)	20 (2018)
England and Wales · Boys	#520 (1996)	#187 (2022)	#222 (2024)	29 of 29	3,862 (1996–2024)	276 (2022)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#281 (2002)	#166 (2021)	#216 (2024)	16 of 23	104 (2002–2024)	14 (2021)
England and Wales · Girls	#4096 (2016)	#3695 (2024)	#3695 (2024)	4 of 9	19 (2016–2024)	6 (2024)

Eddie by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Eddie in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	6	2 of 10	3
1990s	11	3 of 10	4
2000s	69	9 of 10	8
2010s	125	10 of 10	13
2020sbusiest	101	6 of 10	17

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 17 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Eddie appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #166 in Northern Ireland in 2021.

Eddie's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3695	6	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#222	220	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#206	236	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#187	276	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#219	241	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#218	230	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#210	245	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#217	240	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#230	235	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#244	220	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#245	217	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#316	145	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#304	145	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#321	139	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#356	121	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#381	106	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#408	94	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#364	103	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#392	92	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#407	82	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#395	76	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#378	75	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#461	53	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#431	52	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#452	46	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#527	37	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#471	44	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#526	36	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#725	22	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#520	34	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#216	9	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#189	11	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#192	11	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#166	14	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#193	10	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#319	5	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#214	9	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#320	5	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#343	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#329	4	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#291	5	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#357	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#281	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#457	5	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#507	4	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#444	5	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#589	4	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#587	4	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#610	4	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#625	4	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#613	4	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#564	5	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#555	5	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#591	4	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#583	4	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#440	8	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#421	8	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#467	6	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#399	8	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#316	11	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#361	9	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#445	5	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#321	9	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#419	5	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#411	5	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#285	10	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#357	6	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#353	5	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#342	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	15	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#240	18	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#268	16	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#262	18	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	17	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	17	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	6	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#247	20	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#281	16	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#280	16	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#382	10	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#338	12	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	16	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#366	11	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#373	10	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#366	10	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#529	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#374	8	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#295	10	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	8	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	9	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#275	9	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#348	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	5	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#295	5	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#339	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#352	10	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 55 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #166, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 276 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 14 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1982, and 79 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Edan · #403, 29y
Edda · #243, 30y
Eddison · #723, 22y
Eddy · #1019, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Louisa · #166, 59y
Elisa · #167, 58y
Raphael · #156, 51y
Rafael · #181, 53y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Gunnhild · #166, 61y
Mikal · #166, 69y
Torgunn · #166, 33y
Ulla · #166, 61y

Eddie was ranked #166 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2021. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Eddie and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Eddie without appearing here.

Eddie moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2008 they stood at #529 and #472 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #366 and #701.
Bruce Compare
In 1998 they stood at #526 and #477 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #471 and #697.
Roger Compare
In 2002 they stood at #334 and #261 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2003 that had become #275 and #500.
Tobias Compare
In 2019 they stood at #506 and #285 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2020 that had become #271 and #496.

Moved ahead of Eddie

Luca Compare
In 2021 they stood at #587 and #610 in Norway · Boys; by 2022 that had become #444 and #92.
Shea Compare
In 2018 they stood at #247 and #283 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2019 that had become #506 and #199.
Tobias Compare
In 1972 they stood at #440 and #535 in Norway · Boys; by 1973 that had become #583 and #292.
Lukas Compare
In 1986 they stood at #564 and #629 in Norway · Boys; by 1987 that had become #613 and #328.

Moved the opposite way to Eddie

Markus Compare
Between 1960 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Eddie went from #321 to #457 while Markus went from #457 to #68.
Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Eddie went from #520 to #222 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Eddie went from #520 to #222 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Eddie went from #520 to #222 while Alan went from #163 to #592.

Moved the same way as Eddie

Geir Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Eddie went from #342 to #507 and Geir from #59 to #512.
Paul Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Eddie went from #342 to #507 and Paul from #73 to #478.
Richard Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Eddie went from #342 to #507 and Richard from #219 to #481.
Svein Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Eddie went from #342 to #507 and Svein from #5 to #267.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #166 in Northern Ireland in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Eddie

Eddie at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Eddie across 5 official records

Eddie by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Eddie appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Eddie

Eddie and the names beside it

Eddie moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Eddie

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Eddie at a glance

Eddie across 5 official records

Eddie by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Eddie appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Eddie

Eddie and the names beside it

Eddie moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Eddie

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