Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ethen

#2,091 most common boys' name of all time · #5,010 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1917–2025

Rank among boys
#2,091
Rank overall
#5,010 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
3,858
Since 2016
392
Peak year
2009 #895
Best rank
#887 2004
Girls Boys peak 233/yr
192019401960198020002020

Ethen first appears in 1917. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 17 17 #5,428
2024 — 26 26 #4,091
2023 — 14 14 #6,263
2022 — 35 35 #3,360
2021 — 24 24 #4,267
2020 — 38 38 #3,039
2019 — 30 30 #3,652
2018 — 51 51 #2,516
2017 — 67 67 #2,073
2016 — 90 90 #1,730
2015 — 93 93 #1,680
2014 — 133 133 #1,318
2013 — 137 137 #1,273
2012 — 170 170 #1,096
2011 — 195 195 #996
2010 — 183 183 #1,054
2009 — 233 233 #895
2008 — 227 227 #911
2007 — 210 210 #944
2006 — 194 194 #961
2005 — 191 191 #921
2004 — 196 196 #887
2003 — 187 187 #897
2002 — 176 176 #915
2001 — 142 142 #1,039
2000 — 121 121 #1,145
1999 — 108 108 #1,191
1998 — 76 76 #1,468
1997 — 80 80 #1,380
1996 — 48 48 #1,882
1995 — 24 24 #2,954
1994 — 32 32 #2,402
1993 — 41 41 #1,982
1992 — 37 37 #2,100
1991 — 43 43 #1,836
1990 — 74 74 #1,290
1989 — 41 41 #1,842
1987 — 5 5 #7,188
1985 — 8 8 #4,824
1981 — 6 6 #5,665
1979 — 8 8 #4,537
1978 — 5 5 #6,009
1976 — 6 6 #5,142
1973 — 6 6 #4,691
1972 — 7 7 #4,128
1971 — 6 6 #4,581
1948 — 6 6 #3,546
1929 — 5 5 #4,368
1917 — 6 6 #3,913