Ethan
#70 most common boys' name of all time · #136 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1882–2025
Rank among boys
#70
Rank overall
#136 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
126 of 146
All-time
488,144
Since 2016
100,276
Peak year
2004 #5
Best rank
#2 2009
Girls
Boys
peak 22,336/yr
Ethan first appears in 1882. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 7,852 | 7,859 | #24 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,201 | 8,210 | #19 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7,810 | 7,817 | #24 |
| 2022 | 10 | 8,312 | 8,322 | #21 |
| 2021 | 12 | 8,863 | 8,875 | #20 |
| 2020 | 9 | 9,556 | 9,565 | #13 |
| 2019 | 13 | 11,311 | 11,324 | #11 |
| 2018 | 12 | 11,931 | 11,943 | #12 |
| 2017 | 9 | 12,483 | 12,492 | #14 |
| 2016 | 14 | 13,855 | 13,869 | #10 |
| 2015 | 18 | 15,103 | 15,121 | #6 |
| 2014 | 19 | 15,749 | 15,768 | #6 |
| 2013 | 17 | 16,260 | 16,277 | #6 |
| 2012 | 22 | 17,697 | 17,719 | #3 |
| 2011 | 22 | 16,702 | 16,724 | #7 |
| 2010 | 19 | 18,020 | 18,039 | #2 |
| 2009 | 24 | 19,858 | 19,882 | #2 |
| 2008 | 36 | 20,223 | 20,259 | #3 |
| 2007 | 17 | 21,041 | 21,058 | #3 |
| 2006 | 26 | 20,522 | 20,548 | #4 |
| 2005 | 36 | 21,318 | 21,354 | #5 |
| 2004 | 126 | 22,210 | 22,336 | #5 |
| 2003 | 29 | 21,362 | 21,391 | #7 |
| 2002 | 37 | 22,113 | 22,150 | #5 |
| 2001 | 21 | 17,962 | 17,983 | #17 |
| 2000 | 21 | 15,226 | 15,247 | #25 |
| 1999 | 15 | 11,446 | 11,461 | #37 |
| 1998 | 14 | 10,536 | 10,550 | #38 |
| 1997 | 12 | 7,807 | 7,819 | #46 |
| 1996 | 7 | 5,853 | 5,860 | #62 |
| 1995 | 11 | 4,934 | 4,945 | #75 |
| 1994 | 16 | 4,166 | 4,182 | #89 |
| 1993 | 8 | 4,164 | 4,172 | #92 |
| 1992 | 13 | 4,906 | 4,919 | #76 |
| 1991 | 15 | 6,129 | 6,144 | #65 |
| 1990 | 17 | 6,989 | 7,006 | #58 |
| 1989 | 13 | 4,056 | 4,069 | #87 |
| 1988 | — | 896 | 896 | #261 |
| 1987 | — | 656 | 656 | #321 |
| 1986 | 9 | 598 | 607 | #332 |
| 1985 | — | 670 | 670 | #307 |
| 1984 | 5 | 728 | 733 | #286 |
| 1983 | 8 | 732 | 740 | #280 |
| 1982 | — | 713 | 713 | #288 |
| 1981 | — | 735 | 735 | #282 |
| 1980 | — | 706 | 706 | #291 |
| 1979 | — | 706 | 706 | #285 |
| 1978 | — | 627 | 627 | #298 |
| 1977 | — | 674 | 674 | #291 |
| 1976 | — | 563 | 563 | #312 |
| 1975 | — | 541 | 541 | #327 |
| 1974 | — | 525 | 525 | #334 |
| 1973 | — | 519 | 519 | #331 |
| 1972 | — | 513 | 513 | #341 |
| 1971 | — | 365 | 365 | #421 |
| 1970 | — | 268 | 268 | #496 |
| 1969 | — | 218 | 218 | #532 |
| 1968 | — | 169 | 169 | #584 |
| 1967 | — | 186 | 186 | #546 |
| 1966 | — | 169 | 169 | #583 |
| 1965 | — | 183 | 183 | #565 |
| 1964 | — | 202 | 202 | #556 |
| 1963 | — | 135 | 135 | #675 |
| 1962 | — | 132 | 132 | #676 |
| 1961 | — | 113 | 113 | #723 |
| 1960 | — | 94 | 94 | #792 |
| 1959 | — | 83 | 83 | #834 |
| 1958 | — | 73 | 73 | #886 |
| 1957 | — | 65 | 65 | #940 |
| 1956 | — | 62 | 62 | #950 |
| 1955 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,036 |
| 1954 | — | 64 | 64 | #929 |
| 1953 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,128 |
| 1952 | — | 52 | 52 | #998 |
| 1951 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,309 |
| 1950 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,444 |
| 1949 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,356 |
| 1948 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,356 |
| 1947 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,465 |
| 1946 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,360 |
| 1945 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,458 |
| 1944 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,266 |
| 1943 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,246 |
| 1942 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,547 |
| 1941 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,343 |
| 1940 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,702 |
| 1939 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,130 |
| 1938 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,530 |
| 1937 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,662 |
| 1936 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,397 |
| 1935 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,362 |
| 1934 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,573 |
| 1933 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,424 |
| 1932 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,670 |
| 1931 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,404 |
| 1930 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,710 |
| 1929 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,810 |
| 1928 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,489 |
| 1927 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,450 |
| 1926 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,408 |
| 1925 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,955 |
| 1924 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,251 |
| 1923 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,711 |
| 1922 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,447 |
| 1921 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,484 |
| 1920 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,307 |
| 1919 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,362 |
| 1918 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,461 |
| 1917 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,657 |
| 1916 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,471 |
| 1915 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,281 |
| 1914 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,165 |
| 1913 | — | 13 | 13 | #1,525 |
| 1912 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,199 |
| 1911 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,449 |
| 1909 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,342 |
| 1908 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,444 |
| 1901 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,006 |
| 1898 | — | 7 | 7 | #955 |
| 1896 | — | 9 | 9 | #812 |
| 1893 | — | 9 | 9 | #753 |
| 1891 | — | 6 | 6 | #922 |
| 1887 | — | 7 | 7 | #801 |
| 1886 | — | 6 | 6 | #920 |
| 1884 | — | 10 | 10 | #662 |
| 1882 | — | 7 | 7 | #819 |