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Ethan

Boys' name · Millennial-era

Living in the US
~479,800 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#24 among boys
Births in 2025
7,859 488,144 since 1880
Typical age
18 years, median

Ethan popularity over time

Ethan rank by birth year, 1882–2025Ethan ranked #754 in 1882 and #24 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #2, in 2009.#10#100#1,000#24best #2 in 200918901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1882–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Ethan in 2004 than in any other year — 22,336 of them. It first clears the SSA reporting threshold in 1882. Ethan has spent 37 years inside the national top 100.

The 2025 position is #24, on 7,859 births. Compared with 2015, births are down 48%.

Babies named Ethan per yearPeaks at 22,336 births in 2004.22,336 in 2004018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Ethan?

An estimated 479,800 living Americans are called Ethan. That is out of 488,144 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Ethan?

The typical living Ethan is 18 years old. More of them were born in the 2000s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Ethan a millennial-era name.

Your Ethan

Ages of living people named EthanHalf of living Ethans are older than 18 and half younger.median 18020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Ethan is most common

Ethan is 2.0× as common in Hawaii as it is nationally. District of Columbia, Delaware and Connecticut follow.

Where Ethan is used more than average5 states use the name Ethan more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: 1.7× the national rateCTRhode Island: 1.7× the national rateRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: 1.7× the national rateDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: 2.0× the national rateDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: 2.0× the national rateHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Ethan is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Hawaii 360 2.0×
District of Columbia 358 2.0×
Delaware 278 1.7×
Connecticut 1,253 1.7×
Rhode Island 295 1.7×

Ethan in England and Wales

ONS recorded 917 births named Ethan in 2025, ranking it #54. That is 37% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Ethan comes from

From Biblical Hebrew אֵיתָן.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Ethan

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Ethan Hawke American actor and writer 1970 81
Ethan Ampadu Welsh association football player 2000 40
Ethan Suplee American actor 1976 39
Ethan Nwaneri English association football player 2007 37
Ethan Allen American farmer, military officer and politician 1738–1789 30
Ethan Katzberg Canadian hammer thrower 2002 30
Ethan Horvath American soccer player 1995 29
Ethan Phillips American actor 1955 28
Photo credits (7)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 896 in 1988 to 4,069 in 1989 — 4.5 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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