Boys' name · since 2010
Eternal
Eternal has 17 recorded births since 2010 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,102 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 17
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
Eternal is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 17 have been recorded since 2010.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eternal has been recorded 17 times among boys since 2010, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2010 to 2024.
- #30,102 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 17 born since 2010
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eternal ranks #30,102 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 2010, peaking in the 2020s.
- #30,102 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 17
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
Eternal's 17 recorded births place it above 32.96% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Eternal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Eternal's full recorded timeline at 2022, 71% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 29% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2010, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Eternal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2024
- Peak year (2022)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Eternal by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (12 births, 71% of the file).
2020s was Eternal's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Eternal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 12 births (71% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Eternal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~14 yrs)
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, 2010–2024 (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 Eternal 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.