Ehren — #8425 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ehren

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,186 babies named Ehren between 1968 and 2024, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ehren currently holds the #8425 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 62 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ehren performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 330 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Ehren shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 89 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Ehren in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ehren 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 1,186 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.