Eden
Eden is given to both girls and boys: 3,362 girls and 551 boys were given it in 2025 (#70 among girls’ names and #544 among boys’, #149 among all names counting both); 63,400 Americans have been recorded with it since 1917 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 62,600 Americans named Eden and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (99% of everyone recorded); the median is 11 years old and half are between 5 and 18.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Eden by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Eden mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Eden is “a female given name from Hebrew from the biblical place name; also a medieval diminutive of Old English compound names beginning with the element ēad (“riches”).” Its etymology gives the sense “steppe, garden” (𒂔).
From Biblical Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿḗḏen), perhaps from Sumerian 𒂔 (edin, “steppe, garden”).
/ˈiːdən/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Eden?
#70 among girls’ names, 2025
Eden rose from #156 in 2015 to #70 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 1.2 to 2.1 per 1,000.
3,913 babies in 2025, the peak
Eden peaked in 2025, when 3,913 babies were given it (3,362 girls, #70 among girls’ names). In 2024 it went to 3,136 girls.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,362 | #70 | 551 | #544 |
| 2024 | 3,136 | #71 | 663 | #466 |
| 2023 | 2,960 | #77 | 709 | #440 |
| 2022 | 2,397 | #116 | 787 | #409 |
| 2021 | 2,319 | #121 | 591 | #497 |
| 2020 | 2,039 | #129 | 596 | #491 |
| 2019 | 1,965 | #145 | 635 | #468 |
| 2018 | 1,917 | #146 | 597 | #488 |
| 2017 | 2,096 | #139 | 590 | #491 |
| 2016 | 2,090 | #148 | 569 | #520 |
Every recorded year (87)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2,069 | #156 | 573 | #505 |
| 2014 | 2,138 | #150 | 450 | #601 |
| 2013 | 2,044 | #158 | 383 | #641 |
| 2012 | 1,937 | #161 | 349 | #677 |
| 2011 | 1,730 | #181 | 262 | #828 |
| 2010 | 1,725 | #179 | 222 | #911 |
| 2009 | 1,571 | #206 | 231 | #898 |
| 2008 | 1,483 | #229 | 233 | #895 |
| 2007 | 1,366 | #255 | 186 | #1,022 |
| 2006 | 1,029 | #318 | 171 | #1,050 |
| 2005 | 1,001 | #323 | 135 | #1,183 |
| 2004 | 941 | #340 | 140 | #1,129 |
| 2003 | 904 | #342 | 112 | #1,270 |
| 2002 | 823 | #364 | 93 | #1,406 |
| 2001 | 739 | #394 | 76 | #1,572 |
| 2000 | 505 | #521 | 68 | #1,684 |
| 1999 | 494 | #516 | 62 | #1,695 |
| 1998 | 435 | #564 | 52 | #1,879 |
| 1997 | 351 | #637 | 45 | #1,998 |
| 1996 | 355 | #633 | 43 | #2,022 |
| 1995 | 325 | #657 | 48 | #1,810 |
| 1994 | 301 | #696 | 35 | #2,266 |
| 1993 | 319 | #685 | 39 | #2,060 |
| 1992 | 310 | #698 | 42 | #1,926 |
| 1991 | 289 | #721 | 36 | #2,056 |
| 1990 | 305 | #696 | 32 | #2,224 |
| 1989 | 303 | #671 | 28 | #2,375 |
| 1988 | 280 | #687 | 23 | #2,534 |
| 1987 | 200 | #856 | 22 | #2,489 |
| 1986 | 164 | #960 | 19 | #2,709 |
| 1985 | 105 | #1,279 | 30 | #1,929 |
| 1984 | 52 | #1,969 | 28 | #1,943 |
| 1983 | 56 | #1,861 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1982 | 69 | #1,659 | 24 | #2,179 |
| 1981 | 73 | #1,604 | 16 | #2,809 |
| 1980 | 60 | #1,813 | 14 | #3,144 |
| 1979 | 55 | #1,905 | 23 | #2,180 |
| 1978 | 59 | #1,755 | 13 | #3,110 |
| 1977 | 67 | #1,597 | 12 | #3,256 |
| 1976 | 76 | #1,399 | 11 | #3,331 |
| 1975 | 63 | #1,575 | 14 | #2,792 |
| 1974 | 69 | #1,449 | 10 | #3,394 |
| 1973 | 54 | #1,669 | 11 | #3,069 |
| 1972 | 57 | #1,597 | 13 | #2,713 |
| 1971 | 87 | #1,269 | 6 | #4,555 |
| 1970 | 88 | #1,261 | 8 | #3,604 |
| 1969 | 72 | #1,340 | 16 | #2,162 |
| 1968 | 75 | #1,272 | 11 | #2,614 |
| 1967 | 41 | #1,826 | 7 | #3,343 |
| 1966 | 55 | #1,496 | 12 | #2,368 |
| 1965 | 38 | #1,865 | 9 | #2,849 |
| 1964 | 44 | #1,754 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1963 | 29 | #2,222 | 13 | #2,344 |
| 1962 | 24 | #2,480 | 10 | #2,719 |
| 1961 | 47 | #1,642 | 10 | #2,759 |
| 1960 | 25 | #2,387 | 9 | #2,928 |
| 1959 | 27 | #2,203 | 7 | #3,362 |
| 1958 | 23 | #2,403 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 1957 | 21 | #2,507 | 9 | #2,881 |
| 1956 | 22 | #2,408 | 7 | #3,290 |
| 1955 | 20 | #2,491 | 6 | #3,610 |
| 1954 | 14 | #3,060 | under 5 | |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,791 | under 5 | |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,491 | under 5 | |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,894 | under 5 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 7 | #3,088 | |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,518 | 7 | #3,167 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,919 | under 5 | |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,732 | 10 | #2,290 |
| 1944 | under 5 | 5 | #3,565 | |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,856 | 8 | #2,793 |
| 1942 | under 5 | 7 | #3,009 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 5 | #3,829 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 9 | #3,085 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 6 | #3,989 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 5 | #4,480 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 7 | #3,311 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Eden a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 63,400 Americans recorded as Eden, 83% are girls and 17% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Eden: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Eden, and how old are they?
62,600 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 99% of the 63,400 Americans ever recorded as Eden. The median Eden alive today is 11 years old; half are between 5 and 18.
The 2020 Census counted 42,785 people named Eden (36,222 women and girls, 6,563 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 43,420 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 18 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 348 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,110 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 3,880 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 19,300 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 38,000 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Eden born?
The states with the most babies named Eden are Texas, California and Florida, with 27% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 457 | #73 | 0.9× |
| California | 363 | #114 | 0.9× |
| Florida | 224 | #79 | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 178 | #49 | 1.0× |
| New York | 149 | #128 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 141 | #62 | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 134 | #70 | 1.0× |
| Indiana | 132 | #31 | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 127 | #75 | 0.8× |
| Tennessee | 114 | #53 | 1.1× |
Where Eden is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Eden is most over-represented in Utah: since 1917 it was given 1.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Eden with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 64,937 babies since 1880, Eden is the most given (98% of them). In 2025 it was given to 3,913 of their 3,967 babies (99%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Eden
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Eden and names like it
- Compare Eden and EdynBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sEden peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Eden since 1910.
- Old English namesWiktionary’s origin for Eden: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Eden.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Eden alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with EMost given first.