Ethane — boys' name
23 babies named Ethane in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Ethane was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Ethane in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ethane
The Social Security Administration has registered 23 babies named Ethane between 2002 and 2004, spanning 3 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ethane currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ethane performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ethane 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 23 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.
Ethane at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ethane popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2002
- Peak year (2004)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 3 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
23 total births across 3 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 9 births in a single year.
Ethane by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 23 births that decade — 100% of Ethane's all-time total
Ethane decade highlights
- Peak decade 23 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Ethane's strongest decade
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% 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, 2002–2004 (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.