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How popular is “Ethan” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ethan” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Ethan” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Ethan” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Ethan” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Ethan” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Ethan” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ethan” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1882 7 0.000031598 7 -100%
1884 10 0.000041074 10 -100%
1886 6 0.0000235 6 -100%
1887 7 0.000028295 7 -100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 -100%
1893 9 0.000027673 9 -100%
1896 9 0.000025176 9 -100%
1898 7 0.000018351 7 -100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 -100%
1908 5 0.000010232 5 -100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 -100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 -100%
1912 16 0.000016193 16 -100%
1913 13 0.000011432 13 -100%
1914 25 0.000017651 25 -100%
1915 27 0.000014735 27 -100%
1916 23 0.00001189 23 -100%
1917 20 0.000009966 20 -100%
1918 25 0.000011515 25 -100%
1919 28 0.000013269 28 -100%
1920 31 0.000013701 31 -100%
1921 26 0.000011137 26 -100%
1922 27 0.000011795 27 -100%
1923 21 0.000009121 21 -100%
1924 14 0.000005878 14 -100%
1925 17 0.000007286 17 -100%
1926 27 0.00001176 27 -100%
1927 27 0.000011641 27 -100%
1928 25 0.000011057 25 -100%
1929 18 0.000008211 18 -100%
1930 19 0.000008546 19 -100%
1931 25 0.00001188 25 -100%
1932 19 0.000008999 19 -100%
1933 23 0.000011503 23 -100%
1934 20 0.00000963 20 -100%
1935 25 0.000011962 25 -100%
1936 23 0.000011071 23 -100%
1937 18 0.000008448 18 -100%
1938 20 0.000009039 20 -100%
1939 33 0.000014977 33 -100%
1940 17 0.000007383 17 -100%
1941 25 0.000010261 25 -100%
1942 21 0.000007687 21 -100%
1943 31 0.000010983 31 -100%
1944 28 0.000010409 28 -100%
1945 21 0.000007916 21 -100%
1946 27 0.00000845 27 -100%
1947 26 0.000007218 26 -100%
1948 29 0.0000084 29 -100%
1949 29 0.000008322 29 -100%
1950 26 0.000007421 26 -100%
1951 32 0.000008687 32 -100%
1952 52 0.000013691 52 -100%
1953 43 0.000011158 43 -100%
1954 64 0.000016078 64 -100%
1955 53 0.0000132 53 -100%
1956 62 0.000015037 62 -100%
1957 65 0.000015469 65 -100%
1958 73 0.000017657 73 -100%
1959 84 0.000020208 84 -100%
1960 94 0.000022629 94 -100%
1961 113 0.000027282 113 -100%
1962 132 0.000032715 132 -100%
1963 136 0.000034358 136 -100%
1964 202 0.000051961 202 -100%
1965 183 0.000050476 183 -100%
1966 169 0.000048625 169 -100%
1967 187 0.000055083 187 -100%
1968 170 0.00005032 170 -100%
1969 218 0.000062728 218 -100%
1970 267 0.000074033 267 -100%
1971 365 0.000106343 365 -100%
1972 513 0.000163219 513 -100%
1973 518 0.000171702 518 -100%
1974 524 0.000172368 524 -100%
1975 542 0.000179507 542 -100%
1976 563 0.000185545 563 -100%
1977 673 0.000211874 673 -100%
1978 629 0.000198184 629 -100%
1979 705 0.000211905 705 -100%
1980 705 0.000204675 705 -100%
1981 735 0.000212469 735 -100%
1982 715 0.000203823 715 -100%
1983 739 0.000213382 8 731 -98%
1984 735 0.000210683 5 730 -99%
1985 669 0.000187449 669 -100%
1986 609 0.000171214 9 600 -97%
1987 656 0.000181945 656 -100%
1988 895 0.000242228 895 -100%
1989 4069 0.001058441 13 4056 -99%
1990 7006 0.001772663 17 6989 -100%
1991 6144 0.001577371 15 6129 -100%
1992 4918 0.001280369 13 4905 -99%
1993 4172 0.001106592 8 4164 -100%
1994 4181 0.001124686 16 4165 -99%
1995 4942 0.001349528 11 4931 -100%
1996 5861 0.001607055 7 5854 -100%
1997 7818 0.002156314 12 7806 -100%
1998 10550 0.002868338 14 10536 -100%
1999 11460 0.00310254 15 11445 -100%
2000 15246 0.004033556 21 15225 -100%
2001 17983 0.004804093 21 17962 -100%
2002 22149 0.00592515 37 22112 -100%
2003 21390 0.005625963 29 21361 -100%
2004 22334 0.005845628 126 22208 -99%
2005 21354 0.00555436 36 21318 -100%
2006 20548 0.005194405 26 20522 -100%
2007 21053 0.005266862 17 21036 -100%
2008 20256 0.00515407 36 20220 -100%
2009 19876 0.005203831 24 19852 -100%
2010 18034 0.004880457 19 18015 -100%
2011 16718 0.004571315 22 16696 -100%
2012 17715 0.004844602 22 17693 -100%
2013 16275 0.004465263 17 16258 -100%
2014 15761 0.004253503 19 15742 -100%
2015 15114 0.004085032 18 15096 -100%
2016 13866 0.003780755 14 13852 -100%
2017 12484 0.003492304 9 12475 -100%
2018 11936 0.003396554 12 11924 -100%
2019 11313 0.003261367 13 11300 -100%
2020 9553 0.002862026 9 9544 -100%
2021 8861 0.002617967 12 8849 -100%
2022 8306 0.002458407 10 8296 -100%
2023 7770 0.002356512 7 7763 -100%