Einar — #3213 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Einar

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,516 babies named Einar between 1893 and 2024, spanning 132 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Einar currently holds the #3213 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 60 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Einar performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 351 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Einar shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 105 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Dakota and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Einar in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Einar 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 1,516 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.