Names like Ethan

In 2025, 7,852 boys born in the US were named Ethan, #24 among boys' names.

It was in the top 1,000 as early as 1882, dropped out, and has been back every year since 1956.

Its best rank was #2, every year from 2009 to 2010.

The most births in one year were 22,210, in 2004.

Births fell 48% from 15,103 in 2015.

For 7 of the 12 names below, the current unbroken run in the top 1,000 began in 1951 or later (Ethan's began in 1956).

Ethan's rank every ten years

1. 1880
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2. 1890
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3. 1900
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4. 1910
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5. 1920
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6. 1930
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7. 1940
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8. 1950
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9. 1960
   #772
10. 1970
    #489
11. 1980
    #288
12. 1990
    #58
13. 2000
    #25
14. 2010
    #2
15. 2020
    #13
16. 2025
    #24

— outside the top 1,000

12 boy names with a similar curve

How this list was made

We compared Ethan's rank in every year from 1880 to 2025 with every other boy's name in the 2025 top 1,000 (US Social Security birth records); the closest curves come first. Years outside the top 1,000 count the same however far outside, years since 1995 count four times as much, and each name appears in one spelling.