Ethan — #19 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ethan

The Social Security Administration has registered 479,451 babies named Ethan between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ethan currently holds the #19 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 22,210 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ethan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 201,825 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Ethan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 61,039 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Ethan in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ethan 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 479,451 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.