Eider
Eider was the 1064th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 204 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1027th with 217 babies. More babies were named Eider in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,064 boys, up 2,449 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 204boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2024217 babies
- Total since 1880
- 749babies recorded
Eider popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 7 since 2016.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #1,064 | 204 |
| 2020 | #3,513 | 31 |
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How popular is Eider, counting every spelling?
Eider is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,019 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,064 for Eider on its own. Together these spellings went to 204 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eider | 204 | #1,064 | 675 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Eider?
204 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Eider (0.06 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Eider born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 41 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Eider.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Eider?
About 700 people born in the US named Eider are alive today, with a median age of 2; half are between 1 and 3. That makes Eider a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Eider by state
How common Eider was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Tennessee (2.1×), New York (1.9×), New Jersey (1.8×), Georgia (1.7×). In 32 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Eider: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Eider, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Eider
How popular is the name Eider?
Eider was the 1064th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 204 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1027th with 217 babies. More babies were named Eider in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Eider a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Eider in the US.
Where is Eider most popular?
In 2021–2025, Eider was most common in Tennessee (0.16 per 1,000 boys), followed by New York and New Jersey.