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Eddie is an all-time favorite. Currently it is still a fairly popular baby name for boys, though not to the extent it was previously. At the modest height of its usage in 1910, 0.284% of baby boys were given the name Eddie. It ranked at #59 then. The baby name has since experienced a drop in popularity, and in recent years it is of only occasional use. In 2007, it ranked at #417 with a usage of 0.032%. Within the group of boy names directly linked to Eddie, Edward (English and Polish) was the most commonly used. It was used 4 times more than Eddie in 2007. The name Eddie has been mostly given to boys, although it has also been used as a girl name in the past century. In 1958, the name Eddie was given to 29 times as many boys than girls. Baby names that sound like Eddie include Eddy (English), Ehud (Hebrew), Ed (English), and Ade (English). KEY: Pronunciation for Eddie: EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" A famous person named Eddie is Comedian, Eddie Murphy, born 3 April 1961, Brooklyn, New York.
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