Eithan

What Eithan means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Eithan yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,599 in 2015, #97 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Eithan?

US: Rising: up from #1599 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #4747 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 3,636 boys got the name (#97 that year). First in the US records in 1989.

How common

• About 1 in 470 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 24,721 baby boys in England and Wales 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 (6.42 per 1,000 boys), MD (4.15 per 1,000 boys), DE (4.07 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Eithan is #97 in the US and #2133 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Eithan were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ethan7,852 US · 917 E&W
• Eythan176 US
• Athan48 US · 5 E&W
• Ithan41 US
• Aithan40 US
• Ethen17 US · 4 E&W
• Aythan7 US
• Aethan6 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 Eithan

Boys

• Kairo#226Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 6 babies
• Crew#256“weir”^*
• Jaziel#198Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #934 in 2015, #198 in 2025
• Mateo#8Same root as Matthew, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*
• Enzo#72“home + ruler”^*
• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*

For a sister

• Phoebe#157“bright”^*
• Noa#226Hawaiian, meaning “commoner, free man”^*
• Kaylani#185Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,054 in 2015, #185 in 2025
• Josie#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #250 in 2015, #82 in 2025
• Rory#230“red-haired king”^*
• Maeve#76“intoxicating”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Eithan’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.