Eider
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Eider
An eider is a sea duck with extra soft feathers as well as a Basque name with a lovely meaning. Eider is one of the fastest-rising boys' names below the Top 1000. Though theoretically unisex, no baby girls were given the name in 2024.
Eider for boys#1064 US
An eider is a sea duck whose feathers make ultra-soft eiderdown.
Eider is also one of the fastest-rising boys' names that's still under the radar, increasing more than a thousand places in popularity last year though still ranking below the Top 1000.
Pronounced AY-der.
As of November 2026, Eider ranked #13300 for girls in US births in 2016 and #1064 for boys in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1020 for boys in 2024.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | #3,512 | 31 | 18 |
| 2021 | #2,930 | 42 | 24 |
| 2022 | #2,385 | 59 | 33.8 |
| 2023 | #1,257 | 153 | 89.4 |
| 2024 | #1,020 | 217 | 126 |
| 2025 | #1,064 | 204 | 119.4 |
World rankings
Eider for boys
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