Ethaniel — #4471 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ethaniel

The Social Security Administration has registered 992 babies named Ethaniel between 1982 and 2024, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ethaniel currently holds the #4471 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 61 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ethaniel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 421 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ethaniel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 117 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Ethaniel in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ethaniel 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 992 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.