Ethan
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · #24 for boys in 2025, 7,852 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2009 · 19,858 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 37 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 487,389since 1882
Ethan over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 | #24 | 7,852 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | #19 | 8,201 |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | #24 | 7,810 |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 | #21 | 8,312 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 | #20 | 8,863 |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | #13 | 9,556 |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 | #11 | 11,311 |
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 | #12 | 11,931 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | #14 | 12,483 |
| 2016 | #7,988 | 14 | #10 | 13,855 |
| 2015 | #6,721 | 18 | #6 | 15,103 |
| 2014 | #6,451 | 19 | #6 | 15,749 |
| 2013 | #7,031 | 17 | #6 | 16,260 |
| 2012 | #5,895 | 22 | #3 | 17,697 |
| 2011 | #5,935 | 22 | #7 | 16,702 |
| 2010 | #6,641 | 19 | #2 | 18,020 |
| 2009 | #5,709 | 24 | #2 | 19,858 |
| 2008 | #4,268 | 36 | #3 | 20,223 |
| 2007 | #7,394 | 17 | #3 | 21,041 |
| 2006 | #5,233 | 26 | #4 | 20,522 |
| 2005 | #3,942 | 36 | #5 | 21,318 |
| 2004 | #1,562 | 126 | #5 | 22,210 |
| 2003 | #4,418 | 29 | #7 | 21,362 |
| 2002 | #3,595 | 37 | #5 | 22,113 |
| 2001 | #5,364 | 21 | #17 | 17,962 |
| 2000 | #5,312 | 21 | #25 | 15,226 |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 | #37 | 11,446 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 | #38 | 10,536 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | #46 | 7,807 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #62 | 5,853 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | #75 | 4,934 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 | #89 | 4,166 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | #92 | 4,164 |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | #76 | 4,906 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | #65 | 6,129 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 | #58 | 6,989 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | #87 | 4,056 |
| 1988 | — | #261 | 896 | |
| 1987 | — | #321 | 656 | |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #332 | 598 |
| 1985 | — | #307 | 670 | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #285 | 728 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #280 | 732 |
| 1982 | — | #287 | 713 | |
| 1981 | — | #282 | 735 | |
| 1980 | — | #291 | 706 | |
| 1979 | — | #285 | 706 | |
| 1978 | — | #297 | 627 | |
| 1977 | — | #291 | 674 | |
| 1976 | — | #312 | 563 | |
| 1975 | — | #327 | 541 | |
| 1974 | — | #333 | 525 | |
| 1973 | — | #330 | 519 | |
| 1972 | — | #341 | 513 | |
| 1971 | — | #421 | 365 | |
| 1970 | — | #495 | 268 | |
| 1969 | — | #532 | 218 | |
| 1968 | — | #581 | 169 | |
| 1967 | — | #546 | 186 | |
| 1966 | — | #582 | 169 | |
| 1965 | — | #564 | 183 | |
| 1964 | — | #554 | 202 | |
| 1963 | — | #673 | 135 | |
| 1962 | — | #675 | 132 | |
| 1961 | — | #720 | 113 | |
| 1960 | — | #788 | 94 | |
| 1959 | — | #834 | 83 | |
| 1958 | — | #883 | 73 | |
| 1957 | — | #936 | 65 | |
| 1956 | — | #946 | 62 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,033 | 53 | |
| 1954 | — | #929 | 64 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,123 | 43 | |
| 1952 | — | #994 | 52 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,295 | 32 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,434 | 26 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,348 | 29 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,346 | 29 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,449 | 26 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,355 | 27 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,445 | 21 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,255 | 28 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,240 | 31 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,537 | 21 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,333 | 25 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,680 | 17 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,120 | 33 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,521 | 20 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,627 | 18 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,384 | 23 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,354 | 25 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,551 | 20 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,405 | 23 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,651 | 19 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,394 | 25 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,693 | 19 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,793 | 18 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,480 | 25 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,436 | 27 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,404 | 27 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,935 | 17 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,229 | 14 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,696 | 21 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,434 | 27 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,475 | 26 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,300 | 31 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,351 | 28 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,446 | 25 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,643 | 20 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,459 | 23 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,265 | 27 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,153 | 25 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,497 | 13 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,174 | 16 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,387 | 7 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #778 | 9 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #705 | 9 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #752 | 7 | |
| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #613 | 10 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #754 | 7 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1882
The first year at least five boys were named Ethan! It came in at #754, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Ethan is popular in 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Vermont#91 · 1 in 412
- Maine#100 · 1 in 560
- New Hampshire#121 · 1 in 770
- Rhode Island#126 · 1 in 901
- North Dakota#129 · 1 in 775
Best ever in a state: #1 in Vermont, 2002.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | #91 | 8 | 1 in 412 |
| Maine | #100 | 13 | 1 in 560 |
| New Hampshire | #121 | 10 | 1 in 770 |
| Rhode Island | #126 | 7 | 1 in 901 |
| North Dakota | #129 | 6 | 1 in 775 |
| Nebraska | #132 | 13 | 1 in 837 |
| Iowa | #138 | 19 | 1 in 931 |
| Oregon | #150 | 18 | 1 in 1,020 |
| Idaho | #155 | 7 | 1 in 908 |
| Kansas | #161 | 16 | 1 in 1,042 |
| Connecticut | #168 | 17 | 1 in 1,277 |
| Massachusetts | #169 | 27 | 1 in 1,536 |
| Minnesota | #169 | 20 | 1 in 1,533 |
| Missouri | #169 | 29 | 1 in 1,259 |
| Pennsylvania | #179 | 52 | 1 in 1,522 |
| Oklahoma | #185 | 17 | 1 in 1,220 |
| Indiana | #186 | 25 | 1 in 1,552 |
| West Virginia | #188 | 6 | 1 in 1,724 |
| Colorado | #204 | 16 | 1 in 1,509 |
| District of Columbia | #205 | 8 | 1 in 1,037 |
| New Mexico | #217 | 10 | 1 in 1,143 |
| Hawaii | #220 | 6 | 1 in 1,126 |
| Wisconsin | #224 | 14 | 1 in 2,314 |
| Virginia | #232 | 23 | 1 in 1,745 |
| Utah | #240 | 9 | 1 in 1,807 |
| Kentucky | #248 | 9 | 1 in 2,624 |
| Washington | #254 | 15 | 1 in 2,173 |
| Ohio | #256 | 29 | 1 in 2,652 |
| Alabama | #261 | 13 | 1 in 1,986 |
| Michigan | #262 | 25 | 1 in 2,587 |
| New Jersey | #268 | 22 | 1 in 2,339 |
| New York | #274 | 63 | 1 in 2,059 |
| Illinois | #276 | 39 | 1 in 2,140 |
| Tennessee | #279 | 14 | 1 in 2,418 |
| California | #306 | 105 | 1 in 2,402 |
| Arizona | #314 | 13 | 1 in 2,265 |
| Texas | #317 | 62 | 1 in 2,324 |
| Arkansas | #332 | 5 | 1 in 2,939 |
| Maryland | #333 | 9 | 1 in 3,406 |
| Florida | #383 | 25 | 1 in 3,379 |
| Georgia | #383 | 13 | 1 in 3,592 |
| North Carolina | #407 | 10 | 1 in 4,351 |
| Louisiana | #430 | 9 | 1 in 3,509 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 5 spots since 2024 (#19 → #24)
- 11 spots since 2020 (#13 → #24)
- 18 spots since 2015 (#6 → #24)
- Biggest jump: 301 spots in 1952 (#1,295 → #994)
- Biggest drop: 129 spots in 1953 (#994 → #1,123)
Rise & fade · boys
127 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 2009 at #2 (19,858 births)
- Births halved by 2020, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 15 yrs
- Top 10: 15 yrs · run 2002–2016
- Top 100: 37 yrs · run 1989–2025
- Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1956–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 88
- Highest: 1 in 88 boys born in 2002 were named Ethan (1.1%)
- Latest: 1 in 218 boys born in 2025 (0.46%)
- Its best rank, #2 in 2009, was only 1 in 100 (1.0%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 41.4% of all boys named Ethan (201,835) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 30 | #613 (1884) | #741 |
| 1890s | 31 | #705 (1893) | #802 |
| 1900s | 17 | #943 (1901) | #1,198 |
| 1910s | 184 | #1,153 (1914) | #1,375 |
| 1920s | 233 | #1,300 (1920) | #1,618 |
| 1930s | 225 | #1,120 (1939) | #1,470 |
| 1940s | 254 | #1,240 (1943) | #1,399 |
| 1950s | 553 | #834 (1959) | #1,041 |
| 1960s | 1,601 | #532 (1969) | #622 |
| 1970s | 5,301 | #285 (1979) | #343 |
| 1980s | 10,490 | #87 (1989) | #273 |
| 1990s | 66,930 | #37 (1999) | #64 |
| 2000s | 201,835 | #2 (2009) | #8 |
| 2010s | 149,111 | #2 (2010) | #8 |
| 2020s | 50,594 | #13 (2020) | #20 |
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.
Ethan in 1988
boys
#261
896 births · 1 in 2,136 boys
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 2,136 of them was named Ethan, which outranked 96.9% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
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Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.