Recorded 1989–2015 Boys' name Peak 2006 352 births

Eathen — boys' name

352 babies named Eathen in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s51990s612000s2202010s66
2000s
Peak decade

63% of everyone ever named Eathen was born in this single decade.

2006
Single peak year

33 babies were named Eathen in 2006 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Eathen

The Social Security Administration has registered 352 babies named Eathen between 1989 and 2015, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Eathen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Eathen performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 220 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Eathen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Eathen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Eathen in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 352 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Eathen at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

352

Since 1989

27 years of records

Peak year

2006

33 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

1989

Recorded for 27 years

Last year on file: 2015

Eathen popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1989

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (2006)
33
Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
010203040 201520122009200620032000199619911989 5

Eathen by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
220 births that decade — 63% of Eathen's all-time total
1980s51990s612000s2202010s66

Eathen by state

Where Eathen concentrates geographically — total births since 1989

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Eathen
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
16 4.5%
Texas share of Eathen's total US births 4.5%

16 of 352 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Eathen?
352 babies have been named Eathen since 1989. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 2006 with 33 births.
When was Eathen most popular?
Eathen was most popular in the 2000s decade with 220 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
Where is Eathen most popular?
The top states for the name Eathen are Texas (16 births).
How long has the name Eathen been used?
Eathen has been recorded in Social Security data since 1989, spanning 27 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Eathen?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Eathan, Eaton, Eathon, Eathyn, and 3 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1989–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.