Ehab — #7869 US boys' name
459 babies named Ehab in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 45% of names given to boys today.
26% of everyone ever named Ehab was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Ehab in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ehab
The Social Security Administration has registered 459 babies named Ehab between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ehab currently holds the #7869 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ehab performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 121 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ehab shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ehab in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ehab 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 459 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.
Ehab at a glance
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Current rank
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Ehab popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1972
- Peak year (1993)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
Currently ranks #7869 among boys.
459 total births across 53 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 18 births in a single year.
Ehab by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 121 births that decade — 26% of Ehab's all-time total
Ehab decade highlights
- Peak decade 121 births
- Runner-up 120 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Ehab's strongest decade
121 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Ehab by state
Where Ehab concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 1.3% |
6 of 459 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 1.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1972–2024 (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.