girls:
739 births since 1983
#4977 (13th percentile)
boys:
471.2k births since 1882
#67 (99th percentile)
overall:
471.9k births since 1882
#140 (98th percentile)
The name Ethan is the #140 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 471,905 recorded births since 1882. This represents the 98.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 98.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #67 (98.6% percentile) for all time with 471,166 births since 1882. For girls, it ranks #4,977 (12.9% percentile) for all time with 739 births since 1983.
Ethan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1882 (1882 for boys and 1983 for girls). Birth data for Ethan is available in 124 out of the 142 years between 1882 and 2023 (124 years for boys and 38 years for girls). 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.
The name Ethan has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.8% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Ethan reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 99.9% percentile (ranked #2) with 9,360 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 10,699 births per million (ranked 99.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2006, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Ethan ranks #25 for boys (97.4% percentile) with 4,239 births per million, which is 39.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Ethan reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 12.9% percentile (ranked #816) with 62 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 62 births per million (ranked 12.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Ethan ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 6.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ethan".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Ethan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 77.1% confident that Ethan is pronounced as EE-thuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EE-thihn, at 12.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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