Etai — boys' name
197 babies named Etai in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
49% of everyone ever named Etai was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Etai in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Etai
The Social Security Administration has registered 197 babies named Etai between 1990 and 2021, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Etai currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Etai performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 96 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Etai shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 9 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Etai in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Etai 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 197 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.
Etai at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Etai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1990
- Peak year (2007)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
197 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 15 births in a single year.
Etai by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 96 births that decade — 49% of Etai's all-time total
Etai decade highlights
- Peak decade 96 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Etai's strongest decade
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Etai by state
Where Etai concentrates geographically — total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 9 | 4.6% |
9 of 197 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 4.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.6% 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, 1990–2021 (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.