Meaning not yet researched.
Ethan: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 7,852 in 2025. Its best rank was #2 in 2010.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #2 in 2010; #24 in 2025. About 99.9% of babies named Ethan in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#24 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2010, at #2.
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Ethan: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 7,852 boys in 2025. Peak: #2 in 2010 · most boys in one year: 22,210 (2004).
In 2025, 7,852 US boys were named Ethan, making it the 24th most common boys’ name of the year, down 5 places from #19 in 2024. That is 349 fewer than the 8,201 boys named Ethan in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #2, reached in 2010. The most boys given the name in a single year was 22,210, in 2004. For comparison, it was #6 in 2015 and #1,443 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ethan in 126 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1882 with 7 babies. In all, 488,144 US babies have been given the name, 0.2% of them girls and 99.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 202,208 babies named Ethan.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 100,174 US boys were named Ethan; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 13,855. In 2025 that was about 1 in 218 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ethan ranked highest in Maryland in 2025, at #7 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 44 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Eathan (1,214 babies since 1880), Eithan (8,754 babies since 1880), Ethen (3,858 babies since 1880) and Eitan (2,844 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Eythan, Eytan and Eathen are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Eythan (1,054), Eytan (456), Eathen (353), Etan (313), Ethin (300), Ithan (295), Ethon (272), Eithen (180), Ehtan (142), Eathon (81), Ethann (55), Ethian (35), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Ethan in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 183 | #7 | #9 |
| New York | 630 | #10 | #3 |
| Florida | 651 | #12 | #6 |
| California | 1,236 | #12 | #3 |
| New Jersey | 295 | #14 | #11 |
| Texas | 1,005 | #14 | #4 |
| Virginia | 225 | #16 | #12 |
| Massachusetts | 201 | #18 | #13 |
| Connecticut | 100 | #18 | #12 |
| Rhode Island | 26 | #19 | #14 |
| Georgia | 250 | #21 | #11 |
| Washington | 189 | #22 | #14 |
| Illinois | 245 | #28 | #12 |
| Nevada | 66 | #28 | #12 |
| Pennsylvania | 261 | #35 | #17 |
| New Mexico | 36 | #36 | #12 |
| District of Columbia | 19 | #37 | #24 |
| Colorado | 124 | #38 | #12 |
| Hawaii | 18 | #38 | #4 |
| Utah | 90 | #40 | #12 |
| North Carolina | 225 | #41 | #11 |
| Minnesota | 107 | #42 | #11 |
| Arizona | 137 | #43 | #5 |
| Louisiana | 75 | #44 | #17 |
| Tennessee | 145 | #48 | #12 |
| South Carolina | 83 | #49 | #14 |
| Delaware | 17 | #49 | #17 |
| Oregon | 61 | #54 | #13 |
| Ohio | 191 | #54 | #20 |
| Arkansas | 51 | #55 | #26 |
| Kentucky | 77 | #55 | #37 |
| Wisconsin | 90 | #55 | #13 |
| Indiana | 123 | #55 | #18 |
| Kansas | 55 | #56 | #7 |
| Alaska | 12 | #59 | #46 |
| Missouri | 96 | #59 | #24 |
| Alabama | 73 | #62 | #28 |
| Nebraska | 33 | #71 | #18 |
| Oklahoma | 54 | #76 | #22 |
| Idaho | 29 | #76 | #28 |
| New Hampshire | 20 | #77 | #19 |
| Mississippi | 31 | #87 | #18 |
| Michigan | 104 | #88 | #16 |
| West Virginia | 20 | #97 | #25 |
| Montana | 12 | #101 | #61 |
| Iowa | 36 | #107 | #16 |
| Maine | 13 | #107 | #19 |
| South Dakota | 11 | #118 | #27 |
| North Dakota | 10 | #127 | #44 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #12,303 | 7,852 | #24 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,535 | 8,201 | #19 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,549 | 7,810 | #24 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,923 | 8,312 | #21 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,649 | 8,863 | #20 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,534 | 9,556 | #13 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,271 | 11,311 | #11 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,789 | 11,931 | #12 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,976 | 12,483 | #14 |
| 2016 | 14 | #8,133 | 13,855 | #10 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,818 | 15,103 | #6 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,529 | 15,749 | #6 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,155 | 16,260 | #6 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,973 | 17,697 | #3 |
| 2011 | 22 | #6,003 | 16,702 | #7 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,731 | 18,020 | #2 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,766 | 19,858 | #2 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,300 | 20,223 | #3 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,495 | 21,041 | #3 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,286 | 20,522 | #4 |
| 2005 | 36 | #3,975 | 21,318 | #5 |
| 2004 | 126 | #1,564 | 22,210 | #5 |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,456 | 21,362 | #7 |
| 2002 | 37 | #3,615 | 22,113 | #5 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,427 | 17,962 | #17 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,370 | 15,226 | #25 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,611 | 11,446 | #37 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,830 | 10,536 | #38 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,425 | 7,807 | #46 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,933 | 5,853 | #62 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,682 | 4,934 | #75 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,802 | 4,166 | #89 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,864 | 4,164 | #92 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,768 | 4,906 | #76 |
| 1991 | 15 | #6,038 | 6,129 | #65 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,363 | 6,989 | #58 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,275 | 4,056 | #87 |
| 1988 | — | — | 896 | #261 |
| 1987 | — | — | 656 | #321 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,297 | 598 | #332 |
| 1985 | — | — | 670 | #307 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,915 | 728 | #285 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,508 | 732 | #280 |
| 1982 | — | — | 713 | #288 |
| 1981 | — | — | 735 | #282 |
| 1980 | — | — | 706 | #291 |
| 1979 | — | — | 706 | #285 |
| 1978 | — | — | 627 | #297 |
| 1977 | — | — | 674 | #291 |
| 1976 | — | — | 563 | #312 |
| 1975 | — | — | 541 | #327 |
| 1974 | — | — | 525 | #333 |
| 1973 | — | — | 519 | #331 |
| 1972 | — | — | 513 | #341 |
| 1971 | — | — | 365 | #421 |
| 1970 | — | — | 268 | #495 |
| 1969 | — | — | 218 | #532 |
| 1968 | — | — | 169 | #583 |
| 1967 | — | — | 186 | #546 |
| 1966 | — | — | 169 | #582 |
| 1965 | — | — | 183 | #564 |
| 1964 | — | — | 202 | #556 |
| 1963 | — | — | 135 | #675 |
| 1962 | — | — | 132 | #675 |
| 1961 | — | — | 113 | #722 |
| 1960 | — | — | 94 | #791 |
| 1959 | — | — | 83 | #835 |
| 1958 | — | — | 73 | #885 |
| 1957 | — | — | 65 | #941 |
| 1956 | — | — | 62 | #948 |
| 1955 | — | — | 53 | #1,038 |
| 1954 | — | — | 64 | #930 |
| 1953 | — | — | 43 | #1,128 |
| 1952 | — | — | 52 | #996 |
| 1951 | — | — | 32 | #1,313 |
| 1950 | — | — | 26 | #1,443 |
| 1949 | — | — | 29 | #1,356 |
| 1948 | — | — | 29 | #1,356 |
| 1947 | — | — | 26 | #1,460 |
| 1946 | — | — | 27 | #1,363 |
| 1945 | — | — | 21 | #1,461 |
| 1944 | — | — | 28 | #1,266 |
| 1943 | — | — | 31 | #1,243 |
| 1942 | — | — | 21 | #1,553 |
| 1941 | — | — | 25 | #1,343 |
| 1940 | — | — | 17 | #1,700 |
| 1939 | — | — | 33 | #1,127 |
| 1938 | — | — | 20 | #1,539 |
| 1937 | — | — | 18 | #1,653 |
| 1936 | — | — | 23 | #1,396 |
| 1935 | — | — | 25 | #1,371 |
| 1934 | — | — | 20 | #1,577 |
| 1933 | — | — | 23 | #1,420 |
| 1932 | — | — | 19 | #1,673 |
| 1931 | — | — | 25 | #1,406 |
| 1930 | — | — | 19 | #1,713 |
| 1929 | — | — | 18 | #1,818 |
| 1928 | — | — | 25 | #1,489 |
| 1927 | — | — | 27 | #1,445 |
| 1926 | — | — | 27 | #1,413 |
| 1925 | — | — | 17 | #1,955 |
| 1924 | — | — | 14 | #2,270 |
| 1923 | — | — | 21 | #1,714 |
| 1922 | — | — | 27 | #1,446 |
| 1921 | — | — | 26 | #1,489 |
| 1920 | — | — | 31 | #1,304 |
| 1919 | — | — | 28 | #1,363 |
| 1918 | — | — | 25 | #1,464 |
| 1917 | — | — | 20 | #1,661 |
| 1916 | — | — | 23 | #1,476 |
| 1915 | — | — | 27 | #1,278 |
| 1914 | — | — | 25 | #1,168 |
| 1913 | — | — | 13 | #1,526 |
| 1912 | — | — | 16 | #1,195 |
| 1911 | — | — | 7 | #1,435 |
| 1909 | — | — | 6 | #1,333 |
| 1908 | — | — | 5 | #1,455 |
| 1901 | — | — | 6 | #985 |
| 1898 | — | — | 7 | #914 |
| 1896 | — | — | 9 | #792 |
| 1893 | — | — | 9 | #719 |
| 1891 | — | — | 6 | #885 |
| 1887 | — | — | 7 | #773 |
| 1886 | — | — | 6 | #880 |
| 1884 | — | — | 10 | #630 |
| 1882 | — | — | 7 | #781 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).