Eythan
Masculine · Hebrew roots · “Firm”
Eythan is the well-worn biblical Ethan wearing the y that Hebrew transliteration has always favored — Eytan, as the name is written across Israel today. The sound is unchanged and instantly recognized: two easy syllables with a soft th in the middle. Behind it sits one of the oldest names still in ordinary use, attached in the Hebrew Bible to a man remembered for wisdom.
How old is the name Eythan?
Eythan first appears in US birth records in 1989 — 36 years ago. The typical Eythan is a kid of about 6 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,000 people named Eythan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Eythan most popular?
Eythan peaked in 2025, reaching #1169 nationally. Today it ranks #1169, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Eitan (Hebrew) to Eythan
The story of Eythan
The root is the Hebrew word eitan, and the name belongs to Ethan the Ezrahite, named in 1 Kings among the wise men of Solomon's era and again in the heading of Psalm 89. Greek translators of the Hebrew Bible rendered it Aithan, Latin passed it to English as Ethan, and English-speaking Protestants after the Reformation took it up along with other Old Testament names. Modern Israeli usage kept closer to the Hebrew vowels with Eitan and Eytan, and that y is what Eythan borrows. The result is a spelling that sits between the English form everyone knows and the Hebrew one it came from.
Meaning
Firm, enduring, steadfast — from Hebrew eitan
The Hebrew adjective איתן describes something permanent and unyielding — used of a flowing stream that does not dry up, and of solid, lasting things generally.
How the name formed
- EitanHebrew
- AithanGreek Septuagint
- EthanEnglish
- Eytan
- Eythan
Related forms: אֵיתָן (Eitan / Eytan) · Ethan · Ethan · Ethan · Aithan
Pronouncing Eythan
EE-thun
Said exactly like Ethan, with the soft th of think. The Hebrew Eitan is closer to ay-TAHN, with stress on the second syllable — worth knowing if the family uses both.
Nicknames for Eythan
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
- 1989
- Most boys named
- 2025176 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1169reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +12.8%176 in 2025, from 156
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.
Eythan in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- אֵיתָן (Eitan / Eytan) in Hebrew — transliteration
- Ethan in English — spelling variant
- Ethan in French — same name
- Ethan in Spanish — same name
- Aithan in Greek — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Florida, California.
Eythans among us
people named Eythan are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 9,705 born in 2025 was named Eythan
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Eythan
- #1169
- Eythan on the 2025 chart
- #97
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Eythan went to 176 boys in 2025, but Eithan is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 3,812, which makes it the 97th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,072 places above the chart.
- Eithan3,636
- Eythan176
About 1 boy in 448 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 9,705 for Eythan itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Vincente test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Eythan's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Vincente climbed just as high around 1979, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Vincente's path sketches the road Eythan is walking now.
Eythan 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 Eythan is headed
Eythan is on a steep climb — if the curve holds, 2030 could see around 106% more babies given the name than today. 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.
Eythan beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Eythan in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Sounds identical to a name almost everyone already knows, so it is understood the first time it is spoken aloud.
- The meaning is settled and documented for thousands of years, not reconstructed or guessed at.
- The y-spelling matches the standard Hebrew transliteration Eytan, giving the form a real basis rather than an invented one.
- The base name is in active use across English, French and Spanish-speaking countries, so it travels without translation.
- It will be written as Ethan by default, for life — on forms, rosters and coffee cups. Anyone choosing this spelling should be prepared to correct it calmly and often.
- The y invites a second guess at pronunciation: some readers will try EYE-than or ay-TAHN before landing on EE-thun.
- Its use in the US is recent enough that nearly everyone carrying it is still a child, so it reads as a young name for now — though the Ethan behind it has centuries of standing.
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Frequently asked
- How many Eythans are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Eythan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Eythan?
- Eythan is one of 2 recorded spellings. Eithan is the more common one — 3,636 births in 2025 against 176 for Eythan.
- How popular is the name Eythan in 2025?
- Eythan ranks #1169 among US boy names in 2025, with 176 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Eythan?
- About 1 in every 9,705 US boys born in 2025 was named Eythan — 176 in all.
- Will my child share the name Eythan with classmates?
- Eythan will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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