Boys' name · since 2016
Etham
Etham has 52 recorded births since 2016 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,884 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,107 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 52
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
52 babies have been named Etham since 2016, making it today's #6107 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Etham recorded 52 times among boys since 2016, holding rank #6107 nationally today, ahead of 56% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2025.
- #21,884 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,107 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 52 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Etham ranks #21,884 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,107 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 52 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #21,884 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,107 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 52
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Etham's 52 recorded births place it above 51.66% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Etham compares
52 17th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Etham's all-time total is 86% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Etham | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 52 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Etham's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Etham's full recorded timeline at 2023, 75% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 25% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2016, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Etham popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Etham by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (47 births, 90% of the file).
2020s was Etham's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 90% of all-time use.
Etham births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 47 births (90% of all-time use).
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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, 2016–2025 (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 Etham 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.