boys:
3.5k births since 1989
#2103 (54th percentile)
overall:
3.5k births since 1989
#4613 (40th percentile)
The name Eithan is the #4,613 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,516 recorded births since 1989. This represents the 40.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 40.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,103 (54.1% percentile) for all time with 3,516 births since 1989.
Eithan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1989 (first recorded for boys in 1989). Birth data for Eithan is available in 32 out of the 35 years between 1989 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Eithan reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 61.9% percentile (ranked #348) with 477 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 477 births per million (ranked 61.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1994, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Eithan is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #348 (61.9% percentile) with 477 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Eithan".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Eithan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.2% confident that Eithan is pronounced as EE-thuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AI-thuhn, at 9.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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