NameTides

Ethan

Ethan was the #24 boys' name in the US in 2025 (7,852 babies), and #54 in England & Wales and #18 in Canada.

Ethan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Ethan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.752518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandCanadaUSIrelandScotlandEngland & Wales
Ethan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.75251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#24 (7,852)#54 (917)#55 (78)#32 (54)#51 (102)#18 (892)#49 (147)#34 (161)
2024#19 (8,201)#48 (1,086)#54 (85)#57 (44)#51 (105)#15 (950)#33 (181)#30 (188)
2023#24 (7,810)#47 (1,198)#40 (110)#19 (74)#45 (127)#13 (1,017)#27 (200)#33 (153)
2022#21 (8,312)#43 (1,268)#44 (105)#25 (69)#45 (141)#14 (1,061)#24 (220)#28 (185)
2021#20 (8,863)#43 (1,398)#38 (125)#20 (78)#50 (135)#15 (1,184)#19 (285)#21 (232)
2020#13 (9,556)#36 (1,454)#36 (126)#16 (83)#47 (128)#15 (1,189)#19 (287)#13 (266)
2019#11 (11,311)#30 (1,770)#28 (168)#16 (100)#35 (168)#7 (1,490)#11 (355)#10 (334)
2018#12 (11,931)#25 (2,106)#23 (196)#16 (106)#37 (185)#9 (1,453)#12 (345)#8 (295)
2017#14 (12,483)#26 (2,323)#26 (197)#11 (123)#35 (186)#8 (1,470)#9 (364)#10 (279)
2016#10 (13,855)#19 (2,722)#15 (257)#11 (137)#41 (190)#8 (1,653)#7 (435)#6 (325)
2015#6 (15,103)#18 (2,940)#23 (233)#11 (139)#40 (181)#9 (1,609)#9 (390)#6 (305)
2014#6 (15,749)#18 (3,061)#18 (259)#8 (153)#31 (234)#8 (1,731)#9 (428)#8 (305)
2013#6 (16,260)#14 (3,572)#12 (284)#8 (160)#36 (211)#8 (1,790)#10 (453)#4 (381)
2012#3 (17,697)#13 (4,221)#7 (352)#6 (215)#30 (268)#5 (1,958)#6 (554)#4 (426)
2011#7 (16,702)#11 (4,581)#4 (391)#4 (235)#31 (253)#8 (1,825)#4 (568)#4 (445)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2002 at #5.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1882.

How common is it?

about 1 in 220 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 5. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 220common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 300common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 250common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 150very common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 230common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 180very common

Next year

On its recent trend, Ethan is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 220 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 210 to 1 in 240.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ethan by state, 2025Alaska: #56AKMaine: #101MEWisconsin: #54WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #74NHWashington: #22WAIdaho: #76IDMontana: #96MTNorth Dakota: #120NDMinnesota: #42MNIllinois: #28ILMichigan: #88MINew York: #10NYMassachusetts: #18MAOregon: #52ORNevada: #28NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #116SDIowa: #106IAIndiana: #55INOhio: #54OHPennsylvania: #35PANew Jersey: #14NJConnecticut: #18CTRhode Island: #19RICalifornia: #12CAUtah: #40UTColorado: #38CONebraska: #69NEMissouri: #59MOKentucky: #55KYWest Virginia: #94WVVirginia: #16VAMaryland: #7MDDelaware: #48DEArizona: #42AZNew Mexico: #35NMKansas: #55KSArkansas: #54ARTennessee: #48TNNorth Carolina: #41NCSouth Carolina: #49SCDistrict of Columbia: #35DCOklahoma: #76OKLouisiana: #44LAMississippi: #86MSAlabama: #61ALGeorgia: #21GAHawaii: #37HITexas: #14TXFlorida: #12FL
Ethan (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#17379
Quebec2025#33181

Ethan (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EthanCanadaGirls—too few
EthanCanadaBoys#18892
EthanEngland & WalesBoys#54917
EthanIrelandBoys#51102
EthanNorthern IrelandBoys#3254
EthanNSWBoys#49147
EthanScotlandBoys#5578
EthanUSGirls#11,9327
EthanUSBoys#247,852
EthanVICBoys#34161