Einar
Masculine · “one warrior”
Einar is 'one warrior' in Norse — einn and herr — and the einherjar are the chosen dead who fight in Valhalla.
How old is the name Einar?
Einar first appears in US birth records in 1893 — 132 years ago. The typical Einar alive today was born around 1937, making them about 88 years old. About 600 people named Einar are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Einar most popular?
Einar peaked in 1909, reaching #714 nationally. Today it ranks #2718, 2,004 places below that high. See the whole 1909 chart.
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Where it comes from
From einn herr to Einar
The story of Einar
The einherjar are the warriors chosen from the battlefield to fight each day in Valhalla and feast each night, healed of every wound, until Ragnarök — and Einar carries the same two words. The name is standard in Iceland and Norway and appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
one warrior, lone fighter
From the Old Norse Einarr — einn, 'one', and herr or arr, 'army' or 'warrior'. The einherjar of Valhalla carry the same elements. The reading is standard and the elements documented.
How the name formed
- einn herr
- Einarr
- Einar
Related forms: Einar · Einar · Einar
Pronouncing Einar
AY-nar
Two syllables, stress on the first. Icelandic gives the r a rolled quality.
Nicknames for Einar
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1893
- Most boys named
- 191560 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #714reached in 1909
- Change vs 2023
- +67.9%47 in 2025, from 28
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Einar in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Einar in Icelandic — same name
- Einar in Norwegian — same name
- Einar in Swedish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.
Einars among us
people named Einar are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 36,342 born in 2025 was named Einar
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Einar sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Einar is headed
Einar looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 32% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Einar beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Einar in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That the einherjar fight, die and are healed daily until Ragnarök is a first-rate image.
- The one-warrior meaning is vivid and undisputed.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- It reads as specifically Scandinavian.
- English speakers may read the ei as ee.
- It will need spelling out every time.
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Frequently asked
- How many Einars are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Einar are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Einar in 2025?
- Einar ranks #2718 among US boy names in 2025, with 47 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Einar?
- About 1 in every 36,342 US boys born in 2025 was named Einar — 47 in all.
- Will my child share the name Einar with classmates?
- Einar will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Einar
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