Boys' name · since 1985
Ein
Ein has 227 recorded births since 1985 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,200 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 227
- born since 1985
- 2000s
- peak decade
227 boys have been named Ein since 1985, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ein has been recorded 227 times among boys since 1985, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2021.
- #12,200 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 227 born since 1985
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ein ranks #12,200 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 227 born since 1985, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,200 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 227
- born since 1985
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ein's 227 recorded births place it above 73.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ein's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ein's full recorded timeline at 2006, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1989, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ein popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2021
- Peak year (2006)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Ein by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (112 births, 49% of the file).
2000s was Ein's strongest decade.
112 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Ein births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s 28
1990s
28 births
- 2000s
2000s
112 births
- 2010s
2010s
70 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 112 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Ein's decade-level peak was the 2000s (112 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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 Ein: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1985–2021 (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 Ein 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.