Recorded 1988–2018 Boys' name Peak 2014 32 births

Eton — boys' name

32 babies named Eton in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s52000s102010s17
2010s
Peak decade

53% of everyone ever named Eton was born in this single decade.

2014
Single peak year

6 babies were named Eton in 2014 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Eton

The Social Security Administration has registered 32 babies named Eton between 1988 and 2018, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Eton currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Eton performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Eton shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Eton 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 32 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.

Eton at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

32

Since 1988

31 years of records

Peak year

2014

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1988

Recorded for 31 years

Last year on file: 2018

Eton popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1988

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2014)
6
Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
4.555.566.5 201820162014200520001988 5

Eton by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
17 births that decade — 53% of Eton's all-time total
1980s52000s102010s17

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Eton?
32 babies have been named Eton since 1988. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2014 with 6 births.
When was Eton most popular?
Eton was most popular in the 2010s decade with 17 total births. The single peak year was 2014.
How long has the name Eton been used?
Eton has been recorded in Social Security data since 1988, spanning 31 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Eton?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Etoyi. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1988–2018 (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.