Eitan
Masculine · “firm”
Eitan is the Hebrew name that English readers already half-know: the same word behind Ethan, brought over with its Hebrew vowels intact. In the Hebrew Bible it belongs to Ethan the Ezrahite, named among the wise men measured against Solomon. Two syllables, an open first vowel and a hard stop at the end — a name that carries clearly across a playground.
How old is the name Eitan?
Eitan first appears in US birth records in 1975 — 50 years ago. The typical Eitan is a kid of about 10 — this name's wave is very recent. About 2,800 people named Eitan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Eitan most popular?
Eitan peaked in 2025, reaching #920 nationally. Today it ranks #920, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From איתן (Eitan) to Eitan
The story of Eitan
The name is Hebrew, איתן, an ordinary adjective for what is solid and lasting that became a personal name. It reaches English by an old road: the Greek translators of the Hebrew Bible rendered it Aithan, Latin kept it, and English settled on Ethan, which Puritan families carried to New England. Eitan is the other route — the modern Israeli spelling, transliterated straight from Hebrew rather than through Greek, and one of the steadily used boys' names in Israel through the twentieth century. Its arrival on American records is recent, and its strongest footing is in New York, California and Texas.
Meaning
firm, enduring, steadfast
The Hebrew adjective eitan also describes a stream that keeps flowing year-round rather than drying up in summer — the sense of something that holds.
How the name formed
- איתןEitan
- Aithan
- Ethan
- Eitan
Related forms: איתן · Ethan · Eytan · Etan · Ethan · Ethan
Pronouncing Eitan
ay-TAHN
Hebrew puts the stress on the second syllable: ay-TAHN. Many American speakers say EE-tahn or shift the stress forward, and both are heard in the US without anyone blinking.
Nicknames for Eitan
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
- 1975
- Most boys named
- 2025256 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #920reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +33.3%256 in 2025, from 192
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.
Eitan in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- איתן in Hebrew — transliteration
- Ethan in English — same name
- Eytan in Hebrew (alt. transliteration) — spelling variant
- Etan in Hebrew (alt. transliteration) — spelling variant
- Ethan in French — same name
- Ethan in Spanish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, California, Texas.
Eitans among us
people named Eitan are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 6,672 born in 2025 was named Eitan
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Adalberto test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Eitan's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Adalberto climbed just as high around 1981, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Adalberto's path sketches the road Eitan is walking now.
Eitan is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Eitan is headed
Eitan looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 35% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium 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.
Eitan beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Eitan in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Instantly readable to English speakers because Ethan is already familiar — the sound lands even when the spelling is new.
- Works in both Hebrew and English without translation or adjustment, which matters for families who use both.
- Two syllables, no silent letters, and it spells the way it sounds once the ay- opening is heard.
- A documented name with a long written record, not a recent coinage, despite its recent American wave.
- It will be written as Ethan by people who hear it before they see it. That correction becomes a lifelong small habit — usually a one-second one.
- Eytan and Etan are both in real use, so expect to spell it out on forms and to see it come back wrong occasionally.
- Stress moves depending on who is saying it: ay-TAHN in Hebrew, often EE-tahn in American mouths. Worth deciding early which one your family answers to.
- Its American use is very recent, so it reads as a young name here — he is unlikely to meet an older Eitan outside Israeli or Jewish communities.
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Frequently asked
- How many Eitans are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,800 people named Eitan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Eitan in 2025?
- Eitan ranks #920 among US boy names in 2025, with 256 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Eitan?
- About 1 in every 6,672 US boys born in 2025 was named Eitan — 256 in all.
- Will my child share the name Eitan with classmates?
- Eitan will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Eitan
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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