Ethan Boy
How popular is Ethan?
#24 boy name in 2025
7,852 baby boys were named Ethan in the US in 2025, making it the 24th most popular boy name. Another 7 girls got the name (#11,928 for girls).
Ethan popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #24 for boys (▼ 5 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 7,852 boys, 7 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-48% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #6 in 2015, #13 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2004 (22,210 boys) |
| Highest rank | #2 in 2009 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1882 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ethan counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ethan family of names ranked #29 for boys in 2025 (#26 the year before), with 7,882 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Ethan is most popular
Babies named Ethan per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 10.0 per 1,000 (147 boys)
- Hawaii: 8.2 per 1,000 (128 boys)
- New Jersey: 8.1 per 1,000 (1,637 boys)
- Connecticut: 8.1 per 1,000 (548 boys)
- Rhode Island: 8.0 per 1,000 (131 boys)
Ethan by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 30 | #613 |
| 1890s | 31 | #705 |
| 1900s | 17 | #942 |
| 1910s | 184 | #1,153 |
| 1920s | 233 | #1,300 |
| 1930s | 225 | #1,120 |
| 1940s | 254 | #1,240 |
| 1950s | 553 | #833 |
| 1960s | 1,601 | #532 |
| 1970s | 5,301 | #285 |
| 1980s | 10,490 | #87 |
| 1990s | 66,930 | #37 |
| 2000s | 201,835 | #2 |
| 2010s | 149,111 | #2 |
| 2020s | 50,594 | #13 |
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Questions
- Is Ethan a boy or girl name?
- Ethan is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ethan were boys.
- How popular is the name Ethan?
- 7,852 baby boys were named Ethan in the US in 2025, making it the 24th most popular boy name. Another 7 girls got the name (#11,928 for girls).
- When was Ethan most popular?
- Ethan peaked in 2004, when 22,210 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #2, held for 2 years starting in 2009.
- How many people are named Ethan?
- 488,144 babies have been named Ethan in the US since 1880. We estimate about 479,677 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
- Where is Ethan most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ethan was most common in District of Columbia, at 10.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.