Eh

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Peak · boys
#2,754
2014 · 43 births
Debut · boys
2007
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
432
since 2007

Eh over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #4,531, 2016peak #2,754, 2014girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025—#7,19411
2024#15,2935#6,19914
2023#10,3129#6,89712
2022#8,54212#5,44517
2021#8,97811#5,33817
2020#11,0908#4,85519
2019#9,11211#4,33723
2018#7,76214#3,99326
2017#6,04420#2,84042
2016#4,53131#3,68129
2015#6,97717#3,59130
2014#4,89228#2,75443
2013#5,64423#3,26533
2012#4,83629#3,29733
2011#8,19614#3,69528
2010#6,38220#4,09924
2009#9,37912#7,69210
2008#12,5798#5,76715
2007—#10,9216
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First appearance
2007

The first year at least five boys were named Eh! It came in at #10,921, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 2007, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

Where Eh is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedCONebraska: #432 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,764 boysNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Eh, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Nebraska#432 · 1 in 1,764

Best ever in a state: #360 in Nebraska, 2017.

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Nebraska#43251 in 1,764
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Eh
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 995 spots since 2024 (#6,199 → #7,194)
  • 2,339 spots since 2020 (#4,855 → #7,194)
  • 3,603 spots since 2015 (#3,591 → #7,194)
Rise & fade · boys
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 2007
  • Peaked 2014 at #2,754 (43 births)
  • Births halved by 2020, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 44,070
  • Highest: 1 in 44,070 boys born in 2017 were named Eh (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,754 in 2014, was only 1 in 44,671 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 72.0% of all boys named Eh (311) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2017
  • Mostly girls until 2016, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2000s31#5,767 (2008)#8,127
2010s311#2,754 (2014)#3,555
2020s90#4,855 (2020)#5,988

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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