Ethen is an uncommon variant of Ethan that peaked in 2009 and has since faded.
Ethen is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #5,456 for boy births in the United States (and #11,499 across all names), given to 17 babies. Ethen first appears in 1917 and peaked in 2009 (233 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | 17 | #5,456 |
| 2024 | 26 | 26 | #4,111 |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 | #6,305 |
| 2022 | 35 | 35 | #3,358 |
| 2021 | 24 | 24 | #4,283 |
| 2020 | 38 | 38 | #3,036 |
| 2019 | 30 | 30 | #3,657 |
| 2018 | 51 | 51 | #2,522 |
| 2017 | 67 | 67 | #2,075 |
| 2016 | 90 | 90 | #1,727 |
| 2015 | 93 | 93 | #1,682 |
| 2014 | 133 | 133 | #1,319 |
| 2013 | 137 | 137 | #1,271 |
| 2012 | 170 | 170 | #1,096 |
| 2011 | 195 | 195 | #997 |
| 2010 | 183 | 183 | #1,053 |
| 2009 | 233 | 233 | #894 |
| 2008 | 227 | 227 | #911 |
| 2007 | 210 | 210 | #943 |
| 2006 | 194 | 194 | #959 |
| 2005 | 191 | 191 | #919 |
| 2004 | 196 | 196 | #886 |
| 2003 | 187 | 187 | #897 |
| 2002 | 176 | 176 | #914 |
| 2001 | 142 | 142 | #1,036 |
| 2000 | 121 | 121 | #1,145 |
| 1999 | 108 | 108 | #1,190 |
| 1998 | 76 | 76 | #1,466 |
| 1997 | 80 | — | #1,379 |
| 1996 | 48 | — | #1,880 |
| 1995 | 24 | — | #2,954 |
| 1994 | 32 | — | #2,409 |
| 1993 | 41 | — | #1,973 |
| 1992 | 37 | — | #2,104 |
| 1991 | 43 | — | #1,843 |
| 1990 | 74 | — | #1,291 |
| 1989 | 41 | — | #1,836 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | #7,310 |
| 1985 | 8 | — | #4,840 |
| 1981 | 6 | — | #5,729 |
| 1979 | 8 | — | #4,550 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | #6,108 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | #5,136 |
| 1973 | 6 | — | #4,693 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | #4,121 |
| 1971 | 6 | — | #4,573 |
| 1948 | 6 | — | #3,426 |
| 1929 | 5 | — | #4,160 |
| 1917 | 6 | — | #3,689 |