Eiji — boys' name
60 babies named Eiji in U.S. Social Security records since 1927, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
57% of everyone ever named Eiji was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Eiji in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Eiji
The Social Security Administration has registered 60 babies named Eiji between 1927 and 2022, spanning 96 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Eiji currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Eiji performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 34 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Eiji shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Eiji in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Eiji 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 60 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.
Eiji at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Eiji popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1927
- Peak year (2010)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 96 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
60 total births across 96 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 6 births in a single year.
Eiji by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 34 births that decade — 57% of Eiji's all-time total
Eiji decade highlights
- Peak decade 34 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Eiji's strongest decade
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
Eiji by state
Where Eiji concentrates geographically — total births since 1927
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 5 | 8.3% |
5 of 60 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Hawaii 8.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Hawaii accounts for 8.3% 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, 1927–2022 (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.