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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Ethaniel

Ethaniel was the 6228th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 14 babies. Its best year was 2009, when it ranked 2191st with 61 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,127 places. More babies were named Ethaniel in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#6,228 boys, down 1,634 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
14boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
200961 babies
Total since 1880
1,006babies recorded

Ethaniel popularity since 1880

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Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025#6,22814
2020#4,59421
2010#2,41652
2000#3,81721
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How popular is Ethaniel, counting every spelling?

Ethaniel has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Ethaniel?

14 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Ethaniel (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Ethaniel 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 596 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Ethaniel.

Chance of another Ethaniel in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Ethaniel?

About 1,000 people born in the US named Ethaniel are alive today, with a median age of 16; half are between 10 and 21. That makes Ethaniel mostly worn by children and young adults.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Ethaniel by state

How common Ethaniel 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.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesTX0.01Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Ethaniel, boys, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Ethaniel

How popular is the name Ethaniel?

Ethaniel was the 6228th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 14 babies. Its best year was 2009, when it ranked 2191st with 61 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,127 places. More babies were named Ethaniel in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Ethaniel a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Ethaniel in the US.

Where is Ethaniel most popular?

In 2021–2025, Ethaniel was most common in California (0.01 per 1,000 boys), followed by Texas and Texas.