Boys' name · since 1975
Eitan
2,844 babies named Eitan in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,633 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #922 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,844
- born since 1975
- 2020s
- peak decade
Eitan currently ranks #922 among boys' names in America, with 2,844 babies recorded since 1975.
Eitan has 2,844 recorded births among boys since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #922 as of the latest data, more common than 93% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #2,633 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #922 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 2,844 born since 1975
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eitan ranks #2,633 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #922 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 2,844 born since 1975, peaking in the 2020s.
- #2,633 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #922 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,844
- born since 1975
- 2020s
- peak decade
Eitan's 2,844 recorded births place it above 94.2% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
20 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Eitan compares
2,844 Top 18% higher than 82% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Eitan's all-time total is 8x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Eitan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,844 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 256 | 34 | 22,252 |
Eitan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Eitan's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 84% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 16%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1975, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 256, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Eitan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 256
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Eitan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (941 births, 33% of the file).
2020s was Eitan's strongest decade.
941 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Eitan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 22
1970s
22 births
- 1980s 137
1980s
137 births
- 1990s 265
1990s
265 births
- 2000s
2000s
576 births
- 2010s
2010s
903 births
- 2020s
2020s
941 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 941 births (33% of all-time use).
How Eitan compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Eitan's total volume
Eitan by state
Where Eitan concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 686 | 24.1% |
| #2 | California | | 404 | 14.2% |
| #3 | Florida | | 198 | 7.0% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 180 | 6.3% |
| #5 | Texas | | 150 | 5.3% |
| #6 | Maryland | | 41 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 35 | 1.2% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 32 | 1.1% |
686 of 2,844 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Eitan appears in 20 states. Explore state details →
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- New York records the most Eitans (686 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Eitan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1975–2025 (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 Eitan 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.