Etham — #5846 US boys' name
37 babies named Etham in U.S. Social Security records since 2016, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 59% of names given to boys today.
86% of everyone ever named Etham was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Etham in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Etham
The Social Security Administration has registered 37 babies named Etham between 2016 and 2024, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Etham currently holds the #5846 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Etham performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Etham shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Etham 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 37 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.
Etham at a glance
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Current rank
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Etham popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2016
- Peak year (2024)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
Currently ranks #5846 among boys.
37 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 16 births in a single year.
Etham by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 32 births that decade — 86% of Etham's all-time total
Etham decade highlights
- Peak decade 32 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Etham's strongest decade
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 86% 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, 2016–2024 (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.