Eithen — boys' name
180 babies named Eithen in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
54% of everyone ever named Eithen was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Eithen in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Eithen
The Social Security Administration has registered 180 babies named Eithen between 2001 and 2023, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Eithen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Eithen performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 98 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Eithen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Eithen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Eithen 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 180 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.
Eithen at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Eithen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2001
- Peak year (2008)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
180 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 26 births in a single year.
Eithen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 98 births that decade — 54% of Eithen's all-time total
Eithen decade highlights
- Peak decade 98 births
- Runner-up 72 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Eithen's strongest decade
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Eithen by state
Where Eithen concentrates geographically — total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 16 | 8.9% |
16 of 180 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 8.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.9% 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, 2001–2023 (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.