Ethanael — boys' name
96 babies named Ethanael in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
75% of everyone ever named Ethanael was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Ethanael in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ethanael
The Social Security Administration has registered 96 babies named Ethanael between 2003 and 2016, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ethanael currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ethanael performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 72 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Ethanael shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ethanael 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 96 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.
Ethanael at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ethanael popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2003
- Peak year (2006)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
96 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 17 births in a single year.
Ethanael by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 72 births that decade — 75% of Ethanael's all-time total
Ethanael decade highlights
- Peak decade 72 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Ethanael's strongest decade
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 75% 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, 2003–2016 (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.