Is Eh a boy or girl name?

Eh is a unisex name. Of the 704 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 38.6% were girls and 61.4% were boys. It changed hands in 2017, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Eh

Recorded 2007–2025 · United States

Eh was most popular in 2014, when 71 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,427 that year. In 2025 it ranked #15,103, with 11 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 704 people named Eh.

Eh over time

Births per year. The dot marks Eh’s peak in 2014. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Eh a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Eh is a unisex name — 38.6% of the 704 Americans given it were girls and 61.4% were boys. It changed hands: since 2017 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 37% girls and 63% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Eh

Where Eh is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Minnesota 19.2×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org