Eddie
Meaning and origin
From English Eddie. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1900.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Eddie (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Eddie has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2012. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 78 |
| 1999 | 64 |
| 2000 | 72 |
| 2001 | 64 |
| 2002 | 79 |
| 2003 | 89 |
| 2004 | 92 |
| 2005 | 95 |
| 2006 | 104 |
| 2007 | 115 |
| 2008 | 112 |
| 2009 | 130 |
| 2010 | 168 |
| 2011 | 164 |
| 2012 | 170 |
| 2013 | 161 |
| 2014 | 164 |
| 2015 | 162 |
| 2016 | 124 |
| 2017 | 96 |
| 2018 | 100 |
| 2019 | 74 |
| 2020 | 87 |
| 2021 | 82 |
| 2022 | 69 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | – | 1,539 |
| 2000 | – | 1,618 |
| 2001 | – | 1,685 |
| 2002 | – | 1,771 |
| 2003 | – | 1,872 |
| 2004 | – | 1,963 |
| 2005 | – | 2,053 |
| 2006 | – | 2,158 |
| 2007 | – | 2,276 |
| 2008 | – | 2,398 |
| 2009 | – | 2,525 |
| 2010 | – | 2,695 |
| 2011 | 10 | 2,849 |
| 2012 | 10 | 3,016 |
| 2013 | 10 | 3,173 |
| 2014 | 10 | 3,328 |
| 2015 | 12 | 3,487 |
| 2016 | 13 | 3,614 |
| 2017 | 12 | 3,714 |
| 2018 | 16 | 3,810 |
| 2019 | 17 | 3,877 |
| 2020 | 19 | 3,954 |
Eddie in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Eddie.Hi! My name is Eddie.
- Har du träffat Eddie? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Eddie? He started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Eddie i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Eddie this afternoon.
- Eddies mamma är lärare.Eddie's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Eddies mamma is Eddie's mum.
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Questions about Eddie
How do you pronounce Eddie in Swedish?
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What does the name Eddie mean?
From English Eddie. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1900.
How popular is Eddie in Sweden?
69 babies were named Eddie in 2022. In 2020, 3,973 people in Sweden had Eddie as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2012 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.