Ethan
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Ethan
Ethan is a name that succeeds in being at once classic and fashionable, serious and cheery, strong and sensitive. Given a big boost via the name of the Tom Cruise character in the Mission Impossible film series, Ethan has fallen from its peak at Number 2 in 2009 and 2010, but is still popular in the US along with several other countries.
There are several Ethans in the Old Testament, the most prominent of whom, Ethan the Ezrahite, is praised for his wisdom.
Ethan's prime historic namesake in the US is Ethan Allen, Revolutionary War hero; in literature the name is associated with the eponymous Ethan Frome of Edith Wharton's novel. A more current namesake is actor Ethan Hawke.
Along with the English-speaking countries, Ethan is popular in France and other French-speaking European countries and in Latin America.
While Americans and Brits pronounce the name EE-thun, most other languages follow the pronunciation of its native Hebrew: AY-tahn. International variations include Etan, Izan, and Eitan, from which the name derives.
Ethan is also given to girls, where it ranks #12303 in the US.
Pronounced EE-thun.
As of October 2026, Ethan ranked #24 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #2 in 2009, Nameberry popularity #38.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #6 | 15,748 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #6 | 15,099 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #10 | 13,854 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #14 | 12,478 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #12 | 11,930 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #11 | 11,307 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #13 | 9,551 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #20 | 8,858 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #21 | 8,308 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #25 | 7,802 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #19 | 8,170 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #24 | 7,852 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Ethan on lists
Famous Ethans
- EthanBoy
grandson of Judah (1 Chr. 2:6)
- EthanBoy
son of Kushaiah (1 Chr. 15:17)
- Ethan the EzrahiteBoy
Biblical psalmist (Ps. 89)
- Ethan AllenBoy
American Revolutionary War hero
- Ethan Jesse CoenBoy
American film director and screenwriter
- Ethan Skip EricksonBoy
American actor
- Ethan Green HawkeBoy
American actor
- Ethan Gregory PeckBoy
American actor; grandson of actor Gregory Peck
- Ethan ZohnBoy
American soccer player
- Ethan Josh LeeBoy
American actor
- Ethan Anthony CouchBoy
American so,called "affluenza teen"
- Ethan Edward Minogue SmithBoy
son of singer Dannii Minogue
- Ethan Joshua MaherBoy
brother of singer/actress Kaitlyn Maher
- Ethan Davison (b. 1996)Boy
son of actors Bruce Davison and Lisa Pelikan
- Ethan FordBoy
son of chef Benjamin Ford; grandson of actor Harrison Ford
- Ethan AnkaBoy
son of singer Paul Anka
- Ethan Page Furlong (b. 2006)Boy
son of American actor and musician Edward Furlong
- Ethan SupleeBoy
American actor
- Ethan Grant DolanBoy
social media influencer
- Ethan (b. 2016)Boy
son of American actor and singer,songwriter Cheyenne Jackson
- Ethan Carter III (b. 1983)Boy
American wrestler
- Ethan KleinBoy
Youtuber on H3H3 productions; runs H3 Podcast
Ethan in pop culture
- Ethan Isaac GordimerBoy
main male character in Scarlett Avery’s book “Delectably British”.
- "Ethan FromeBoy
" novel by Edith Wharton
- Ethan HuntBoy
main character in the "Mission: Impossible" series
- Ethan RomBoy
character on TV's "Lost"
- Ethan Chandler (Talbot)Boy
character on TV's "Penny Dreadful"
- Ethan KaramakovBoy
character on TV's "Dance Academy"
- Ethan WateBoy
character in the "Beautiful Creatures" series
- Ethan KavanaghBoy
character in the "Fifty Shades of Grey" series
- Ethan NakamuraBoy
character in the "Percy Jackson" series
- Ethan MorganBoy
character in film "My Babysitter's a Vampire"
- EthanBoy
character in "The Here and Now" by Ann Brashares
- EthanBoy
character in "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
- EthanBoy
wolf on TV's "Teen Wolf"
- Ethan MooreBoy
character in the "Vampire Academy" series by Richelle Mead
- Ethan DiazBoy
character on TV's "Stuck in the Middle"
- Ethan EdwardsBoy
character in "The Searchers"
- EthanBoy
protagonist in Pokemon Heart Gold & Soul Silver video games
- Ethan WintersBoy
protagonist in the video game "Resident Evil 7"
- Ethan MillerBoy
character in the 2015 film "The Night Before"
- Ethan WestonBoy
character on TV's "thirtysomething"
- EthanBoy
a vampire in the French online visual novel Moonlight Lovers