Name Trends

See the popularity of names over time in the USA

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 0.000011058 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 0.000011963 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 27 0.000007495 27 -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 0.000015467 65 -100%
1958 73 0.000017664 73 -100%
1959 84 0.000020208 84 -100%
1960 94 0.000022627 94 -100%
1961 113 0.000027289 113 -100%
1962 132 0.000032713 132 -100%
1963 136 0.000034356 136 -100%
1964 202 0.000051959 202 -100%
1965 183 0.000050474 183 -100%
1966 171 0.0000492 171 -100%
1967 187 0.000055081 187 -100%
1968 171 0.000050613 171 -100%
1969 218 0.000062722 218 -100%
1970 269 0.000074581 269 -100%
1971 366 0.000106628 366 -100%
1972 515 0.00016384 515 -100%
1973 519 0.000172018 519 -100%
1974 524 0.000172357 524 -100%
1975 542 0.000179486 542 -100%
1976 566 0.000186513 566 -100%
1977 673 0.000211855 673 -100%
1978 630 0.000198476 630 -100%
1979 708 0.000212784 708 -100%
1980 705 0.000204654 705 -100%
1981 735 0.000212453 735 -100%
1982 715 0.000203809 715 -100%
1983 739 0.000213372 8 731 -98%
1984 736 0.000210965 5 731 -99%
1985 669 0.000187447 669 -100%
1986 609 0.000171214 9 600 -97%
1987 656 0.000181947 656 -100%
1988 894 0.000241964 894 -100%
1989 4068 0.001058189 13 4055 -99%
1990 7006 0.001772726 17 6989 -100%
1991 6144 0.001577412 15 6129 -100%
1992 4918 0.001280408 13 4905 -99%
1993 4172 0.001106636 8 4164 -100%
1994 4181 0.001124724 16 4165 -99%
1995 4942 0.001349577 11 4931 -100%
1996 5860 0.001606836 7 5853 -100%
1997 7818 0.002156376 12 7806 -100%
1998 10548 0.002867878 14 10534 -100%
1999 11459 0.003102379 15 11444 -100%
2000 15246 0.004033741 21 15225 -100%
2001 17983 0.004804314 21 17962 -100%
2002 22149 0.005925687 37 22112 -100%
2003 21390 0.005626341 29 21361 -100%
2004 22334 0.005846047 126 22208 -99%
2005 21353 0.00555465 36 21317 -100%
2006 20547 0.005194779 26 20521 -100%
2007 21051 0.005267164 17 21034 -100%
2008 20256 0.005154949 36 20220 -100%
2009 19873 0.00520396 24 19849 -100%
2010 18030 0.004880323 19 18011 -100%
2011 16715 0.00457155 22 16693 -100%
2012 17709 0.004844198 22 17687 -100%
2013 16271 0.004465575 17 16254 -100%
2014 15756 0.004253566 19 15737 -100%
2015 15113 0.004086375 18 15095 -100%
2016 13857 0.003780013 14 13843 -100%
2017 12480 0.0034931 9 12471 -100%
2018 11930 0.003397167 12 11918 -100%
2019 11304 0.003261565 13 11291 -100%
2020 9542 0.002862044 9 9533 -100%
2021 8854 0.002619749 12 8842 -100%
2022 8280 0.002462896 9 8271 -100%