Eden

What Eden means

Possibly “steppe, garden”

From Biblical Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿḗḏen), perhaps from Sumerian 𒂔 (edin, “steppe, garden”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Eden” (revision 93837799), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Eden?

US: Rising: up from #156 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #131 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 3,362 girls got the name (#70 that year). First in the US records in 1943.

How common

• About 1 in 478 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 426 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 358 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WY (12.33 per 1,000 girls), ND (7.78 per 1,000 girls), HI (7.46 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Eden is #70 in the US and #80 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 85.9% of US babies named Eden were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Edna72 US · 4 E&W
• Auden67 US · 3 E&W
• Edyn41 US · 3 E&W
• Aiden27 US
• Ayden22 US
• Aden10 US · 9 E&W
• Adan6 US · 4 E&W
• Edynn7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Eden

Girls

• Eliana#10Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #10 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
• Lilah#179Editor’s note Up from #314 in 2015 to #179 in 2025 in the US
• Naomi#47“my pleasantness”^*
• Hadassah#569“myrtle”^*
• Delilah#51Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #115 in 2015, #51 in 2025
• Selah#216“to hang”^*

For a brother

• Judah#178Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #178 vs #404 in 2025
• Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025
• Yosef#663Editor’s note Up from #708 in 2015 to #663 in 2025 in the US
• Micah#90“who is like Yahweh”^*
• Asa#483“physician, doctor, healer”^*
• Gideon#337Editor’s note Down from #327 in 2015 to #337 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Eden’s. Rank is US 2025.