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Ethan
Pronounced /ˈiːθən/
Rank in 2024
#19
Born in 2024
8,170
Peak year
2004 · #5
Origin
Hebrew
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 8,170 boys were named Ethan, about 1 in every 210.
- It peaked in 2004 with 22,210 babies, ranked #5.
- It first shows up in the records in 1882.
- 479,451 boys have been named Ethan since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Ethan per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.3Gen X1965–80
- 1.5Millennials1981–96
- 9.0Gen Z1997–12
- 6.4Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 391 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 411 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,342 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen X: 6,937 babies, 0.25 per 1,000. Millennials: 46,925 babies, 1.54 per 1,000. Gen Z: 284,020 babies, 9.05 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 139,364 babies, 6.41 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Biblical Hebrew אֵיתָן (ʾêṯān, literally “firmness, strong, or long-lived”).
- A male given name from Hebrew, of mostly American usage since the 18th century; popular in the 2000s.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /ˈiːθən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Ethan, CC BY-SA 4.0.