girls:
185 births since 1946
#5531 (3rd percentile)
boys:
654 births since 1976
#3933 (14th percentile)
overall:
839 births since 1946
#6900 (11th percentile)
The name Edy is the #6,900 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 839 recorded births since 1946. This represents the 10.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,933 (14.2% percentile) for all time with 654 births since 1976. For girls, it ranks #5,531 (3.2% percentile) for all time with 185 births since 1946.
Edy first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1946 (1946 for girls and 1976 for boys). Birth data for Edy is available in 53 out of the 78 years between 1946 and 2023 (42 years for boys and 26 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Edy has been given predominantly to boys, with 77.9% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Edy were boys. Interestingly, until around 1982, the name was more popular for girls (85.5% girls from 1946 to 1981), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (84.3% boys from 1982 to 2023).
For boys, Edy reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #888) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 18 births per million (ranked 3.2% percentile). Despite a peak around 2019, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Edy ranks #895 for boys (1.8% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 64.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Edy reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #978) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2017.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Edy".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Edy. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 56.8% confident that Edy is pronounced as EH-dee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EE-dee, at 43.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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