Ethen

#5,399 for boys in 2025, 17 births

Peak · boys
2004 · 196 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,858
since 1917

Ethen over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ethen has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202012peak #884, 2004boys
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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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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#5,39917
2024#4,07226
2023#6,22014
2022#3,34435
2021#4,24724
2020#3,02538
2019#3,63630
2018#2,50751
2017#2,06567
2016#1,72490
2015#1,67793
2014#1,318133
2013#1,269137
2012#1,095170
2011#995195
2010#1,053183
2009#893233
2008#911227
2007#943210
2006#958194
2005#919191
2004#884196
2003#897187
2002#913176
2001#1,035142
2000#1,142121
1999#1,189108
1998#1,46576
1997#1,37880
1996#1,87248
1995#2,92324
1994#2,39232
1993#1,96941
1992#2,08537
1991#1,82343
1990#1,28774
1989#1,83141
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1987#6,9515
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1981#5,4686
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1979#4,4038
1978#5,7725
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1972#3,9637
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First appearance
1917

The first year at least five boys were named Ethen! It came in at #3,545, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1918–1947, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Ethen is popular in 2012

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedMNIllinois: #960 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 8,315 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedMINew York: #1,331 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 13,038 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedIAIndiana: #877 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,135 boysINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #927 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 8,604 boysPANew Jersey: #863 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,912 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #742 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 6,585 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedNEMissouri: #701 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,292 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedARTennessee: #872 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,158 boysTNNorth Carolina: #1,084 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,111 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #592 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,376 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Ethen, so not publishedHITexas: #1,099 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 11,103 boysTXFlorida: #1,587 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 18,392 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Oklahoma#592 · 1 in 3,376
  2. Missouri#701 · 1 in 5,292
  3. California#742 · 1 in 6,585
  4. New Jersey#863 · 1 in 6,912
  5. Tennessee#872 · 1 in 7,158

Best ever in a state: #217 in South Dakota, 2007.

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Oklahoma#59261 in 3,376
Missouri#70161 in 5,292
California#742351 in 6,585
New Jersey#86361 in 6,912
Tennessee#87251 in 7,158
Indiana#87751 in 7,135
Pennsylvania#92771 in 8,604
Illinois#96081 in 8,315
North Carolina#1,08451 in 10,111
Texas#1,099161 in 11,103
New York#1,33181 in 13,038
Florida#1,58751 in 18,392
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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 Ethen
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 1,327 spots since 2024 (#4,072 → #5,399)
  • 2,374 spots since 2020 (#3,025 → #5,399)
  • 3,722 spots since 2015 (#1,677 → #5,399)
  • Biggest jump: 122 spots in 2002 (#1,035 → #913)
  • Biggest drop: 160 spots in 2010 (#893 → #1,053)
Rise & fade · boys
87 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1917
  • Peaked 2004 at #884 (196 births)
  • Births halved by 2015, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 2002–2009
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,513
  • Highest: 1 in 8,513 boys born in 2009 were named Ethen (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 100,475 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #884 in 2004, was only 1 in 10,127 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 48.7% of all boys named Ethen (1,877) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s6#3,545 (1917)#3,545
1920s5#3,959 (1929)#3,959
1930s0——
1940s6#3,316 (1948)#3,316
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1970s38#3,963 (1972)#4,659
1980s60#1,831 (1989)#4,737
1990s563#1,189 (1999)#1,838
2000s1,877#884 (2004)#950
2010s1,149#995 (2011)#1,734
2020s154#3,025 (2020)#4,385

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.

Ethen in 2012

boys
#1,095
170 births · 1 in 11,159 boys

Top boys' names in 2012

  1. #1Jacob19,110
  2. #2Mason18,994
  3. #3Ethan17,697
  4. #4Noah17,385
  5. #5William16,917
  6. #6Liam16,824
  7. #7Michael16,211
  8. #8Jayden16,152
  9. #9Alexander15,259
  10. #10Aiden14,924
  11. #1,095Ethen170
More about 2012

boys

1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 11,159 of them was named Ethen, which outranked 92.3% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ethen
  1. #1,090Humberto171
  2. #1,090Keller171
  3. #1,090Zack171
  4. #1,095Ethen170
  5. #1,095Dashawn170
  6. #1,095Haiden170
  7. #1,095Kyron170
  8. #1,102Addison169
  9. #1,102Jaquan169
  10. #1,102Kyan169

Tied with 6 names at #1,095; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2011
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,237Jionni#2,105 → #868
  2. ↑ 551Foster#1,544 → #993
  3. ↑ 504Major#990 → #486
  4. ↑ 433Kase#1,395 → #962
  5. ↑ 428Jael#1,411 → #983
Fallers
  1. ↓ 241Jerimiah#889 → #1,130
  2. ↓ 235Lathan#932 → #1,167
  3. ↓ 229Jorden#676 → #905
  4. ↓ 209Kyron#886 → #1,095
  5. ↓ 207Jakobe#928 → #1,135

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2012 →