# Ethan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ethan/  
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 | “firmness”, “strong”, “long-lived” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈiːθən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 488,144 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 487,389 / 755 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 78,311, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew אֵיתָן (ʾêṯān, literally “firmness, strong, or long-lived”).

## What it means

Ethan is grouped under strong.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 6,003 |
| 2012 | 22 | 5,973 |
| 2013 | 17 | 7,155 |
| 2014 | 19 | 6,529 |
| 2015 | 18 | 6,818 |
| 2016 | 14 | 8,133 |
| 2017 | 9 | 10,976 |
| 2018 | 12 | 8,789 |
| 2019 | 13 | 8,271 |
| 2020 | 9 | 10,534 |
| 2021 | 12 | 8,649 |
| 2022 | 10 | 9,923 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12,549 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10,535 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12,303 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16,702 | 7 |
| 2012 | 17,697 | 3 |
| 2013 | 16,260 | 6 |
| 2014 | 15,749 | 6 |
| 2015 | 15,103 | 6 |
| 2016 | 13,855 | 10 |
| 2017 | 12,483 | 14 |
| 2018 | 11,931 | 12 |
| 2019 | 11,311 | 11 |
| 2020 | 9,556 | 13 |
| 2021 | 8,863 | 20 |
| 2022 | 8,312 | 21 |
| 2023 | 7,810 | 24 |
| 2024 | 8,201 | 19 |
| 2025 | 7,852 | 24 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4,581 | 11 |
| 2012 | 4,221 | 13 |
| 2013 | 3,572 | 14 |
| 2014 | 3,061 | 18 |
| 2015 | 2,940 | 18 |
| 2016 | 2,722 | 19 |
| 2017 | 2,323 | 26 |
| 2018 | 2,106 | 25 |
| 2019 | 1,770 | 30 |
| 2020 | 1,454 | 36 |
| 2021 | 1,398 | 43 |
| 2022 | 1,268 | 43 |
| 2023 | 1,198 | 47 |
| 2024 | 1,086 | 48 |
| 2025 | 917 | 54 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Եթան
- Czech: Ejtan
- Dutch: Ethan
- French: Éthan
- Hebrew: אֵיתָן
- Hindi: ईथन
- Hungarian: Étán
- Italian: Ethan
- Japanese: イーサン
- Latvian: Ētans
- Lithuanian: Etanas
- Polish: Etan
- Romanian: Etan
- Russian: Е́фан, Еѳанъ
- Slovak: Étán

## People named Ethan

- Ethan Hawke, American actor and writer (born 1970)
- Ethan Suplee, American actor
- Ethan Nwaneri, English association football player (born 2007)
- Ethan Allen, American farmer, military officer and politician (1738–1789)
- Ethan Katzberg, Canadian hammer thrower (born 2002)
- Ethan Mbappé, French footballer (born 2006)
- Ethan Phillips, American actor
- Ethan Horvath, American soccer player
- Ethan Embry, American actor
- Ethan Peck, American actor
- Ethan Cutkosky, American actor
- Ethan Hayter, British cyclist

## 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.