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Eddi

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Happiness, prosperity + guard, through Eduard

Eddi has been given to 125 babies in the U.S. since 1991. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2006, with 12 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 95% boys, 5% girls all-time.

Babies named Eddi, 2016

1 in 734,000

Eddi over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Eddi over time

In 2016, Eddi went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19602016

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Eddi: meaning, origin, and history

Happiness, prosperity + guard, through Eduard

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Eddi means

Eddi belongs to the name family reached through Eddi → Eduard → Édouard → Edouard → Edward → Ēadweard. Its meaning is “happiness, prosperity + guard”.

Origin, language, and formation

Eddi is used in German.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Eduard, Édouard, Edouard, Edward and Ēadweard.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 119 boys were recorded with the name Eddi between 1991 and 2016. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2006; its best national rank was #6,111 in 1991.

In the United States, 6 girls were recorded with the name Eddi between 1960 and 1960. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1960; its best national rank was #5,886 in 1960.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Eddi?

Eddi had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2016, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2016
1 in 734,000
5 of 3,669,531 births
Among boys only
1 in 380,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2016
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
508,706 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Eddi sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2016 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 508,706 children born in 2016 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Eddi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Eddis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Eddi was born before 2007 — so the typical Eddi is around 18 today.

Median birth year
2007
About 18 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
52.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
93.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
119
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 52.9% of all recorded uses (63).

Is Eddi rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 2006 (12)
Years since peak
19
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#6,111
1991

Spellings of Eddi

Eddi is not the most common spelling — Edwin is, with 33.6% against Eddi's 0.02%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Eddi around the world

Where Eddi ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • France
    1955–2010
    #5,222
    in 2010
  • South Australia
    1961–1961
    #561
    in 1961

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Eddi by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#6,111
1991
Peak year
2006
12 that year
First recorded
1991
Last recorded
2016
All-time count
119
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#5,886
1960
Peak year
1960
6 that year
First recorded
1960
Last recorded
1960
All-time count
6
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Eddi

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

EdderEddenEddielEddisonEddisEddrickFreddiEddyEddyeEddinEddwardEddEddysonEddiebertoEddie

Sibling names for Eddi

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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