# Ean (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ean/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Manx |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,562 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,562 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 7, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Manx Ean, an equivalent of John.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 272 | 807 |
| 2012 | 242 | 876 |
| 2013 | 251 | 852 |
| 2014 | 208 | 994 |
| 2015 | 211 | 979 |
| 2016 | 194 | 1,030 |
| 2017 | 178 | 1,095 |
| 2018 | 177 | 1,107 |
| 2019 | 181 | 1,098 |
| 2020 | 125 | 1,391 |
| 2021 | 139 | 1,334 |
| 2022 | 126 | 1,441 |
| 2023 | 147 | 1,300 |
| 2024 | 137 | 1,373 |
| 2025 | 89 | 1,797 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |

## People named Ean

- Ean Evans, American bassist (1960–2009)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.