Eh
Eh was the 7325th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 11 babies. Its best year was 2014, when it ranked 2768th with 43 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,717 places. More babies were named Eh in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,325 boys, down 2,419 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 11boys
- Girls and boys
- 34% girls, 66% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201443 babies
- Total since 1880
- 704babies recorded
Eh popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #7,325 | — | 11 |
| 2020 | #11,381 | #4,906 | 8 | 19 |
| 2010 | #6,451 | #4,147 | 20 | 24 |
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How popular is Eh, counting every spelling?
Eh has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Eh?
11 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Eh (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Eh born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 750 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Eh.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Eh?
About 400 people born in the US named Eh are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 7 and 14. That makes Eh a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Eh by state
How common Eh was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Eh
How popular is the name Eh?
Eh was the 7325th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 11 babies. Its best year was 2014, when it ranked 2768th with 43 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,717 places. More babies were named Eh in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Eh a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 34% girls, 66% boys given the name Eh in the US.
Where is Eh most popular?
In 2021–2025, Eh was most common in Nebraska (0.12 per 1,000 boys), followed by Minnesota and Minnesota.