Ethen
Recorded 1917–2025 · United States
Ethen was most popular in 2009, when 233 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,958 that year. In 2025 it ranked #11,378, with 17 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,858 people named Ethen.
Ethen over time
How old is the name Ethen?
Ethen first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1917, which makes it about 108 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 49 of the 109 years since.
How many people are named Ethen?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,858 American births named Ethen between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 3,782 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Ethen in 2025?
17 American babies were named Ethen in 2025, ranking #11,378 that year.
Is Ethen getting more or less popular?
Ethen is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 23 births a year, against 146 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -84% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Ethen a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Ethen is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 3,858 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% 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.
How old is someone named Ethen?
Roughly 3,782 Americans named Ethen are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 19 years old, and half are between 15 and 24. That is a narrow band: Ethen arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Ethen is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org