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Edy

#4,903 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Udy

Edy has been given to 887 babies in the U.S. since 1976. In 2025 it ranked #4,903 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 34 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 78% boys, 22% girls all-time.

Babies named Edy, 2025

1 in 166,000

Edy over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Edy over time

In 2025, Edy went to 23% girls and 77% boys.

19462025

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.

Edy: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Udy

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Edy means

Edy is a variant of Udy.

Origin, language, and formation

Edy is used in Cornish and Middle English.

Edy comes through Middle English Udy.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Udy, Edive and Edith.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Cornish, Edy is pronounced /ˈiːdi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 696 boys were recorded with the name Edy between 1976 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 34 in 2019; its best national rank was #3,372 in 2019.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,517 in 2020 to #4,903 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,106 in 2015 to #4,903 in 2025.

In the United States, 191 girls were recorded with the name Edy between 1946 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2007; its best national rank was #5,136 in 1964.

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 Edy?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 166,000
20 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 85,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#4,903
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
114,896 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Edy 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 2025 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 114,896 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Edy. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Edys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Edy was born before 2008 — so the typical Edy is around 17 today.

Median birth year
2008
About 17 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
29.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
72.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
696
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Choose a decade

2000s — 29.9% of all recorded uses (208).

Is Edy 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
+24
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+614
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−797
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.80×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
58.8%
Peak was 2019 (34)
Years since peak
6
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
24.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,372
2019

Where Edy is used

Across 1910–2025, Edy was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 603,014 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Edy has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Edy around the world

Where Edy 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.

  • England & Wales
    2016–2016
    #4,810
    in 2016
  • France
    1931–2023
    #6,047
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1966–1973
    #317
    in 1973

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Edy by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,903
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 614
Best rank ever
#3,372
2019
Peak year
2019
34 that year
First recorded
1976
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
696
Count in 2025
20

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#13,662
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#5,136
1964
Peak year
2007
14 that year
First recorded
1946
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
191
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Edy

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

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Sibling names for Edy

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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