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How popular is “Ethan” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ethan” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Ethan” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Ethan” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Ethan” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Ethan” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Ethan” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ethan” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1882 7 0.000031598 7 -100%
1884 10 0.000041074 10 -100%
1886 6 0.0000235 6 -100%
1887 7 0.000028295 7 -100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 -100%
1893 9 0.000027673 9 -100%
1896 9 0.000025176 9 -100%
1898 7 0.000018351 7 -100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 -100%
1908 5 0.000010232 5 -100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 -100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 -100%
1912 16 0.000016193 16 -100%
1913 13 0.000011432 13 -100%
1914 25 0.000017651 25 -100%
1915 27 0.000014735 27 -100%
1916 23 0.00001189 23 -100%
1917 20 0.000009966 20 -100%
1918 25 0.000011515 25 -100%
1919 28 0.000013269 28 -100%
1920 31 0.000013701 31 -100%
1921 26 0.000011137 26 -100%
1922 27 0.000011795 27 -100%
1923 21 0.000009121 21 -100%
1924 14 0.000005878 14 -100%
1925 17 0.000007286 17 -100%
1926 27 0.00001176 27 -100%
1927 27 0.000011641 27 -100%
1928 25 0.000011057 25 -100%
1929 18 0.000008211 18 -100%
1930 19 0.000008546 19 -100%
1931 25 0.00001188 25 -100%
1932 19 0.000008999 19 -100%
1933 23 0.000011503 23 -100%
1934 20 0.00000963 20 -100%
1935 25 0.000011962 25 -100%
1936 23 0.000011071 23 -100%
1937 18 0.000008448 18 -100%
1938 20 0.000009039 20 -100%
1939 33 0.000014977 33 -100%
1940 17 0.000007383 17 -100%
1941 25 0.000010261 25 -100%
1942 21 0.000007687 21 -100%
1943 31 0.000010983 31 -100%
1944 28 0.000010409 28 -100%
1945 21 0.000007916 21 -100%
1946 27 0.00000845 27 -100%
1947 26 0.000007218 26 -100%
1948 29 0.0000084 29 -100%
1949 29 0.000008322 29 -100%
1950 26 0.000007421 26 -100%
1951 32 0.000008687 32 -100%
1952 52 0.000013691 52 -100%
1953 43 0.000011158 43 -100%
1954 64 0.000016078 64 -100%
1955 53 0.0000132 53 -100%
1956 62 0.000015037 62 -100%
1957 65 0.000015468 65 -100%
1958 73 0.000017659 73 -100%
1959 84 0.000020202 84 -100%
1960 94 0.00002263 94 -100%
1961 114 0.000027521 114 -100%
1962 132 0.000032711 132 -100%
1963 135 0.000034106 135 -100%
1964 202 0.00005196 202 -100%
1965 183 0.000050477 183 -100%
1966 169 0.000048624 169 -100%
1967 187 0.000055083 187 -100%
1968 170 0.000050319 170 -100%
1969 218 0.000062728 218 -100%
1970 268 0.00007431 268 -100%
1971 365 0.000106341 365 -100%
1972 513 0.00016322 513 -100%
1973 519 0.000172032 519 -100%
1974 524 0.000172368 524 -100%
1975 542 0.000179506 542 -100%
1976 563 0.000185545 563 -100%
1977 673 0.000211869 673 -100%
1978 629 0.000198181 629 -100%
1979 706 0.000212203 706 -100%
1980 708 0.000205545 708 -100%
1981 735 0.000212466 735 -100%
1982 715 0.000203822 715 -100%
1983 740 0.000213667 8 732 -98%
1984 734 0.00021039 5 729 -99%
1985 670 0.000187722 670 -100%
1986 608 0.000170927 9 599 -97%
1987 656 0.000181938 656 -100%
1988 895 0.000242216 895 -100%
1989 4069 0.00105841 13 4056 -99%
1990 7006 0.001772559 17 6989 -100%
1991 6144 0.0015773 15 6129 -100%
1992 4918 0.001280305 13 4905 -99%
1993 4172 0.001106549 8 4164 -100%
1994 4181 0.001124634 16 4165 -99%
1995 4944 0.001350025 11 4933 -100%
1996 5860 0.001606714 7 5853 -100%
1997 7818 0.002156244 12 7806 -100%
1998 10550 0.002868245 14 10536 -100%
1999 11461 0.00310271 15 11446 -100%
2000 15246 0.004033436 21 15225 -100%
2001 17983 0.004803935 21 17962 -100%
2002 22149 0.0059249 37 22112 -100%
2003 21390 0.005625514 29 21361 -100%
2004 22336 0.005845708 126 22210 -99%
2005 21354 0.00555393 36 21318 -100%
2006 20548 0.005193887 26 20522 -100%
2007 21056 0.005267051 17 21039 -100%
2008 20257 0.005153581 36 20221 -100%
2009 19879 0.005203689 24 19855 -100%
2010 18036 0.004880215 19 18017 -100%
2011 16718 0.004570517 22 16696 -100%
2012 17716 0.004843922 22 17694 -100%
2013 16276 0.004464478 17 16259 -100%
2014 15767 0.004254021 19 15748 -100%
2015 15117 0.004084669 18 15099 -100%
2016 13868 0.003780088 14 13854 -100%
2017 12487 0.0034917 9 12478 -100%
2018 11942 0.003396573 12 11930 -100%
2019 11320 0.003261371 13 11307 -100%
2020 9560 0.002861781 9 9551 -100%
2021 8870 0.002618103 12 8858 -100%
2022 8318 0.002458666 10 8308 -100%
2023 7809 0.002358362 7 7802 -100%
2024 8179 0.002457262 9 8170 -100%