Girls' name · since 1990
Eternity
Eternity has 2,225 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,389 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,319 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,225
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
2,225 babies have been named Eternity since 1990, making it today's #2319 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eternity has been recorded 2,225 times among girls since 1990, currently ranked #2319 nationally and more common than 87% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #4,389 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,319 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,225 born since 1990
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eternity ranks #4,389 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,319 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,225 born since 1990, peaking in the 2010s.
- #4,389 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,319 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,225
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Eternity's 2,225 recorded births place it above 93.93% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
17 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Eternity compares
2,225 Top 21% higher than 79% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Eternity's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Eternity | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,225 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 103 | 21 | 19,840 |
Eternity's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Eternity's full recorded timeline at 2008, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 103 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Eternity popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 103
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Eternity by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (805 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Eternity's strongest decade.
805 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Eternity births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 251
1990s
251 births
- 2000s
2000s
686 births
- 2010s
2010s
805 births
- 2020s
2020s
483 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 805 births (36% of all-time use).
How Eternity compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Eternity's total volume
Eternity by state
Where Eternity concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 224 | 10.1% |
| #2 | California | | 181 | 8.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 122 | 5.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 61 | 2.7% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 48 | 2.2% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 42 | 1.9% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 39 | 1.8% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 32 | 1.4% |
224 of 2,225 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 17 reporting states.
Eternity appears in 17 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Eternity's data
- Eternity's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (805 total births) through the 2020s (483) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Eternitys (224 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Eternity
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Eternity: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Eternity 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.