How popular is Ethan?

hgfmom

I think Ethan is my favorite boy name. IMO, its a very strong name. However, I am curious just how popular it really is. I know its in the top 5 in the country, but I don't know any Ethans. I have two older kids in school and sports and I still can't think of any Ethans.

Is it popular in your area?

HannahO28

The SSA list is the most reliable source, because it uses the actual number of babies born last year. It's #2, nation-wide. So it's very popular. 

You can check out the list by state here:

https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/state/index.html 

g8trkim

Very popular. I don't have any student's that are Ethan, but my school population is primarily hispanic so it's not so common there. But I have friend's who work in schools with more caucasian students and Ethan is very common. Plus, I have several friends with kids named Ethan.

mer313131

I know it's popular in my area according to the SSA, however I only know of one Ethan (my BF's son).

Isabella is the #1 name in my area and I don't know any .. so it may re-appear on my list

BrideBuddies

In our weekly playgroup, there are 3 little boys my son plays with... 2 of them are Ethans.   I also know one other 5-year old, and a 10 year old.

Pretty popular name.

salt78

Around here...VERY. I know more little Ethans than any other name.

kelle017

I know a 2yo, 4yo and a 10yo.

Kendalight

It's fairly popular. 

I work at a daycare and we have two Ethans in our preschool class. As well as two Logans in the same room. 

AlphabetFish

I've met several Ethans, and I really don't know many kids. It's popular where I live, at least.

krissyj75

I have a son named Ethan.  I didn't think it was too popular when I named him - he is 14 - but I was wrong!  When I named him in 1997, its rank was #83, but that was probably the rank from the previous year.  He usually has another Ethan in his class or at least his grade, but there aren't too many.  Most Ethan's I've met are a little younger.  I think it peaked in popularity a few years later and maybe (?) is starting to level off by now.  It is a good name with a good meaning, so if you love it, use it!  Never had a bad nickname, either.  Well, maybe one exception - my DH calls him "wheat thin"  haha!

annabelle.27

I understand your confusion. We named our son (born in 2008) Ethan. Both of us thought it was a somewhat unique while still traditional name. Neither of us had ever met an Ethan. When I was pregnant with him people kept telling me it was a very popular name but I thought they must be mistaken. I have very young sisters (my youngest sister was 4 when my son was born) so I asked all of them if they knew any Ethans at school. None of them did. We went ahead and used the name and found out later it was the #1 boys' name for our area in 2008. It spiked in popularity very quickly and even though none of my sisters had ever heard of the name, there are a ton of Ethans in every playgroup we go to. It sucks.

kjskjs

I only know 1. My nephew