Einer — #9905 US boys' name
199 babies named Einer in U.S. Social Security records since 1899, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 30% of names given to boys today.
38% of everyone ever named Einer was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Einer in 1917 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Einer
The Social Security Administration has registered 199 babies named Einer between 1899 and 2024, spanning 126 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Einer currently holds the #9905 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Einer performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 75 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Einer shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Einer in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Einer 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 199 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.
Einer at a glance
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Current rank
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Einer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1899
- Peak year (1917)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 126 years of records
Currently ranks #9905 among boys.
199 total births across 126 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 18 births in a single year.
Einer by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 75 births that decade — 38% of Einer's all-time total
Einer decade highlights
- Peak decade 75 births
- Runner-up 60 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Einer's strongest decade
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Einer by state
Where Einer concentrates geographically — total births since 1899
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 11 | 5.5% |
11 of 199 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Minnesota 5.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Minnesota accounts for 5.5% 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, 1899–2024 (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.