Etienne — #3890 US boys' name
1,593 babies named Etienne in U.S. Social Security records since 1902, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 73% of names given to boys today.
21% of everyone ever named Etienne was born in this single decade.
43 babies were named Etienne in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Etienne
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,593 babies named Etienne between 1902 and 2024, spanning 123 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Etienne currently holds the #3890 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 43 babies received it in a single year. Etienne is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 91 additional births since 1974.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Etienne performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 336 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Etienne shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 179 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Etienne in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Etienne 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 1,593 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.
Etienne at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Etienne popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1902
- Peak year (2006)
- 43
- Annual births at peak — across 123 years of records
Currently ranks #3890 among boys.
1,593 total births across 123 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 43 births in a single year.
Etienne popularity over time — girls
91 total births recorded since 1974 (Etienne as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Etienne accounts for 5% of total recorded use across both genders.
Etienne by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 336 births that decade — 21% of Etienne's all-time total
Etienne decade highlights
- Peak decade 336 births
- Runner-up 286 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Etienne's strongest decade
336 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Etienne by state
Where Etienne concentrates geographically — total births since 1902
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 179 | 11.2% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 42 | 2.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 32 | 2.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 11 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Texas | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Maryland | | 7 | 0.4% |
179 of 1,593 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 11.2% of nationwide
- Louisiana 2.6% of nationwide
- New York 2.0% of nationwide
- Florida 0.7% of nationwide
- Texas 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1902–2024 (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.