Ethan

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Ethan first appears in the U.S. data in 1882 and has been recorded in 125 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2004 with 22,210 babies (rank #5 that year). In 2024 it was given to 8,170 boys (rank #19). The name has been declining over the last five years.
480,199
Total babies (all years)
125
Years in the data
22,210
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
18827#781
188410#630
18866#880
18877#773
18916#885
18939#719
18969#792
18987#914
19016#985
19085#1,455
19096#1,333
19117#1,435
191216#1,195
191313#1,526
191425#1,168
191527#1,278
191623#1,476
191720#1,661
191825#1,464
191928#1,363
192031#1,304
192126#1,489
192227#1,446
192321#1,714
192414#2,270
192517#1,955
192627#1,413
192727#1,446
192825#1,489
192918#1,818
193019#1,713
193125#1,406
193219#1,673
193323#1,420
193420#1,577
193525#1,371
193623#1,396
193718#1,653
193820#1,539
193933#1,127
194017#1,700
194125#1,343
194221#1,553
194331#1,243
194428#1,266
194521#1,461
194627#1,364
194726#1,460
194829#1,356
194929#1,355
195026#1,443
195132#1,314
195252#996
195343#1,128
195464#930
195553#1,038
195662#948
195765#941
195873#885
195984#832
196094#791
1961114#720
1962132#675
1963135#675
1964202#556
1965183#564
1966169#582
1967187#545
1968170#581
1969218#532
1970268#495
1971365#421
1972513#341
1973519#331
1974524#334
1975542#327
1976563#312
1977673#291
1978629#297
1979706#285
1980708#290
1981735#282
1982715#286
1983732#280
1984729#285
1985670#307
1986599#332
1987656#321
1988895#261
19894,056#87
19906,989#58
19916,129#65
19924,905#76
19934,164#92
19944,165#89
19954,933#75
19965,853#62
19977,806#46
199810,536#38
199911,446#37
200015,225#25
200117,962#17
200222,112#5
200321,361#7
200422,210#5
200521,318#5
200620,522#4
200721,039#3
200820,221#3
200919,855#2
201018,017#2
201116,696#7
201217,694#3
201316,259#6
201415,748#6
201515,099#6
201613,854#10
201712,478#14
201811,930#12
201911,307#11
20209,551#13
20218,858#20
20228,308#21
20237,802#25
20248,170#19