Spellings
Eddie or Eddy?
In the US in 2025, 73% of babies in this name family were spelled Eddie and 27% Eddy. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Eddie already led in 2015, with 76% of the family's births; it has 73% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 502 to 386 births (−23%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie | 384 | 280 | −27% |
| Eddy | 118 | 106 | −10% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈɛdi/ (ED-ee). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Eddie 5 births and Eddy 25 births.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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