Ethan is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #34 for boy births in the United States, given to 7,859 babies. Ethan first appears in the data in 1882 and reached its peak in 2004 (22,336 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7,859 | #34 |
| 2024 | 8,210 | #29 |
| 2023 | 7,817 | #36 |
| 2022 | 8,322 | #35 |
| 2021 | 8,875 | #30 |
| 2020 | 9,565 | #22 |
| 2019 | 11,324 | #20 |
| 2018 | 11,943 | #20 |
| 2017 | 12,492 | #21 |
| 2016 | 13,869 | #16 |
| 2015 | 15,121 | #11 |
| 2014 | 15,768 | #10 |
| 2013 | 16,277 | #10 |
| 2012 | 17,719 | #6 |
| 2011 | 16,724 | #11 |
| 2010 | 18,039 | #5 |
| 2009 | 19,882 | #3 |
| 2008 | 20,259 | #3 |
| 2007 | 21,058 | #3 |
| 2006 | 20,548 | #5 |
| 2005 | 21,354 | #6 |
| 2004 | 22,336 | #6 |
| 2003 | 21,391 | #9 |
| 2002 | 22,150 | #6 |
| 2001 | 17,983 | #21 |
| 2000 | 15,247 | #35 |
| 1999 | 11,461 | #56 |
| 1998 | 10,550 | #60 |
| 1997 | 7,819 | #81 |
| 1996 | 5,860 | #117 |
| 1995 | 4,945 | #145 |
| 1994 | 4,182 | #172 |
| 1993 | 4,172 | #172 |
| 1992 | 4,919 | #147 |
| 1991 | 6,144 | #121 |
| 1990 | 7,006 | #112 |
| 1989 | 4,069 | #162 |
| 1988 | 896 | #545 |
| 1987 | 656 | #679 |
| 1986 | 607 | #708 |
| 1985 | 670 | #663 |
| 1984 | 733 | #613 |
| 1983 | 740 | #597 |
| 1982 | 713 | #625 |
| 1981 | 735 | #608 |
| 1980 | 706 | #638 |
| 1979 | 706 | #621 |
| 1978 | 627 | #644 |
| 1977 | 674 | #629 |
| 1976 | 563 | #683 |
| 1975 | 541 | #702 |
| 1974 | 525 | #718 |
| 1973 | 519 | #719 |
| 1972 | 513 | #730 |
| 1971 | 365 | #928 |
| 1970 | 268 | #1,096 |
| 1969 | 218 | #1,180 |
| 1968 | 169 | #1,324 |
| 1967 | 186 | #1,236 |
| 1966 | 169 | #1,307 |
| 1965 | 183 | #1,273 |
| 1964 | 202 | #1,262 |
| 1963 | 135 | #1,547 |
| 1962 | 132 | #1,573 |
| 1961 | 113 | #1,719 |
| 1960 | 94 | #1,861 |
| 1959 | 83 | #1,942 |
| 1958 | 73 | #2,048 |
| 1957 | 65 | #2,164 |
| 1956 | 62 | #2,180 |
| 1955 | 53 | #2,318 |
| 1954 | 64 | #2,093 |
| 1953 | 43 | #2,520 |
| 1952 | 52 | #2,258 |
| 1951 | 32 | #2,876 |
| 1950 | 26 | #3,148 |
| 1949 | 29 | #2,973 |
| 1948 | 29 | #2,947 |
| 1947 | 26 | #3,186 |
| 1946 | 27 | #2,928 |
| 1945 | 21 | #3,103 |
| 1944 | 28 | #2,665 |
| 1943 | 31 | #2,612 |
| 1942 | 21 | #3,198 |
| 1941 | 25 | #2,755 |
| 1940 | 17 | #3,441 |
| 1939 | 33 | #2,311 |
| 1938 | 20 | #3,095 |
| 1937 | 18 | #3,266 |
| 1936 | 23 | #2,781 |
| 1935 | 25 | #2,693 |
| 1934 | 20 | #3,076 |
| 1933 | 23 | #2,808 |
| 1932 | 19 | #3,265 |
| 1931 | 25 | #2,726 |
| 1930 | 19 | #3,337 |
| 1929 | 18 | #3,523 |
| 1928 | 25 | #2,930 |
| 1927 | 27 | #2,860 |
| 1926 | 27 | #2,825 |
| 1925 | 17 | #3,871 |
| 1924 | 14 | #4,435 |
| 1923 | 21 | #3,426 |
| 1922 | 27 | #2,918 |
| 1921 | 26 | #3,005 |
| 1920 | 31 | #2,623 |
| 1919 | 28 | #2,719 |
| 1918 | 25 | #2,912 |
| 1917 | 20 | #3,276 |
| 1916 | 23 | #2,911 |
| 1915 | 27 | #2,535 |
| 1914 | 25 | #2,299 |
| 1913 | 13 | #3,018 |
| 1912 | 16 | #2,434 |
| 1911 | 7 | #3,152 |
| 1909 | 6 | #3,045 |
| 1908 | 5 | #3,243 |
| 1901 | 6 | #2,325 |
| 1898 | 7 | #2,209 |
| 1896 | 9 | #1,861 |
| 1893 | 9 | #1,710 |
| 1891 | 6 | #2,024 |
| 1887 | 7 | #1,708 |
| 1886 | 6 | #1,850 |
| 1884 | 10 | #1,346 |
| 1882 | 7 | #1,554 |