Boys' name · since 1917
Eaton
113 babies named Eaton in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,593 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 113
- born since 1917
- 2000s
- peak decade
113 boys have been named Eaton since 1917, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Eaton has 113 recorded births among boys since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2023.
- #16,593 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 113 born since 1917
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eaton ranks #16,593 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 113 born since 1917, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,593 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 113
- born since 1917
- 2000s
- peak decade
Eaton's 113 recorded births place it above 63.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Eaton's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Eaton's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1917, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Eaton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2023
- Peak year (2007)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 107 years of records
Eaton by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (42 births, 37% of the file).
2000s was Eaton's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Eaton births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
42 births
- 2010s
2010s
25 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 42 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Eaton's decade-level peak was the 2000s (42 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Eaton: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~106 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1917–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Eaton draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.