Ethen — #4076 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ethen

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,841 babies named Ethen between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ethen currently holds the #4076 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 233 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ethen performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,877 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Ethen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 441 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Ethen in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ethen 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 3,841 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.