Eternal — #11773 US boys' name
17 babies named Eternal in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 17% of names given to boys today.
71% of everyone ever named Eternal was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Eternal in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Eternal
The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Eternal between 2010 and 2024, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Eternal currently holds the #11773 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Eternal performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Eternal shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Eternal 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 17 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.
Eternal at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Eternal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2010
- Peak year (2022)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
Currently ranks #11773 among boys.
17 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 6 births in a single year.
Eternal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 12 births that decade — 71% of Eternal's all-time total
Eternal decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Eternal's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 71% of all-time use.
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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, 2010–2024 (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.