Eddie: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced ED-ee · 2 syllables

Eddie means “wealth, riches; ward, guard”, from English.

From English Eddie. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1900.

How popular is Eddie?

Eddie was the #860 name in the US in 2025, given to 287 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 33% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1940.

Babies named Eddie in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1940).

Half of US adults named Eddie are older than 64; most are between 25 and 85. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Eddie have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Eddie means “wealth, riches; ward, guard”. It comes from English.

Eddie is pronounced ED-ee.

Eddie was the #860 name in the US in 2025, given to 287 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 33% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1940.

Half of US adults named Eddie are older than 64. Most are between 25 and 85.