Ethan
Ethan is ranked 19th among boys in 2024 (8,170 births). Its best rank was 2nd, in 2009–2010.
- Rank in 2024
- #19up 6 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 8,1700.48% of boys
- Peak year
- 200422,210 births
- Best rank
- #2first in 2009
- Since 1882
- 479,451people given the name
The story in the numbers
479,451 boys have been named Ethan in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2004, with 22,210 births — 1.1% of all boys recorded that year.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago (rank 6 → 19).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2007, and the 2000s alone account for 42%. It has spent 80 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 36 of them in the top 100 and 15 in the top 10.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Ethan | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 30 | |
| 1890s | 31 | |
| 1900s | 17 | |
| 1910s | 184 | |
| 1920s | 233 | |
| 1930s | 225 | |
| 1940s | 254 | |
| 1950s | 554 | |
| 1960s | 1,604 | |
| 1970s | 5,302 | |
| 1980s | 10,495 | |
| 1990s | 66,926 | |
| 2000s | 201,825 | |
| 2010s | 149,082 | |
| 2020s | 42,689 |
In 2004, its biggest year
Ethan was the 5th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2004 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan. See all of 2004.
Names that rose and fell with Ethan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kamronpeak 2006
- Kalebpeak 2007
- Vishnupeak 2007
- Terrionpeak 2006
- Isaakpeak 2009
- Sebastienpeak 2007
- Ashtinpeak 2004
- Mihirpeak 2002
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.