# Eitan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/eitan/  
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 | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,844 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,844 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 129, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew איתן.

## 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 | 76 | 1,853 |
| 2012 | 98 | 1,599 |
| 2013 | 75 | 1,883 |
| 2014 | 95 | 1,633 |
| 2015 | 93 | 1,681 |
| 2016 | 104 | 1,579 |
| 2017 | 96 | 1,653 |
| 2018 | 88 | 1,750 |
| 2019 | 110 | 1,535 |
| 2020 | 76 | 1,926 |
| 2021 | 109 | 1,585 |
| 2022 | 143 | 1,316 |
| 2023 | 165 | 1,207 |
| 2024 | 192 | 1,116 |
| 2025 | 256 | 921 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9 | 2,199 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## 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.