Eternity — #2222 US girls' name
2,145 babies named Eternity in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 87% of names given to girls today.
38% of everyone ever named Eternity was born in this single decade.
103 babies were named Eternity in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Eternity
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,145 babies named Eternity between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Eternity currently holds the #2222 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 103 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Eternity performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 805 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Eternity shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 224 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Eternity in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Eternity 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 2,145 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.
Eternity at a glance
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Current rank
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Eternity popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1990
- Peak year (2009)
- 103
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
Currently ranks #2222 among girls.
2,145 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 103 births in a single year.
Eternity by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 805 births that decade — 38% of Eternity's all-time total
Eternity decade highlights
- Peak decade 805 births
- Runner-up 686 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Eternity's strongest decade
805 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Eternity by state
Where Eternity concentrates geographically — total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 224 | 10.4% |
| #2 | California | | 181 | 8.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 122 | 5.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 51 | 2.4% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 42 | 2.0% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 40 | 1.9% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 34 | 1.6% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 27 | 1.3% |
224 of 2,145 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 17 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 10.4% of nationwide
- California 8.4% of nationwide
- New York 5.7% of nationwide
- Florida 2.4% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 17 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 10.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Eternity appears in 17 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1990–2024 (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.