Ean
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EE-un
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #1,793 for boys
Ean is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 1,793rd for boys in the US (89 babies).
What does Ean mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Ian, the Scottish form of John
“God is gracious”
A spelling of Ian, the Scottish Gaelic form of John.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Ean a girl's or a boy's name?
Ean is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 89 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ean in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,793rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 89 about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 89 boys in the US were named Ean, making it the 1,793rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,390th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 289 boys. It first appears in the records in 1968.
2025 had fewer boys named Ean than any year since 1997.
Half of all the boys named Ean in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,109 boys in the US were given Ean or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #91, up from #1,793 for this spelling alone.
Ean in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89 | #1,793 |
| 2024 | 137 | #1,371 |
| 2023 | 147 | #1,300 |
| 2022 | 126 | #1,440 |
| 2021 | 139 | #1,334 |
| 2020 | 125 | #1,390 |
| 2019 | 181 | #1,098 |
| 2018 | 177 | #1,107 |
| 2017 | 178 | #1,095 |
| 2016 | 194 | #1,029 |
| 2015 | 211 | #977 |
| 2014 | 208 | #994 |
| 2013 | 251 | #849 |
| 2012 | 242 | #876 |
| 2011 | 272 | #805 |
| 2010 | 264 | #810 |
| 2009 | 275 | #809 |
| 2008 | 247 | #861 |
| 2007 | 289 | #759 |
| 2006 | 267 | #776 |
| 2005 | 220 | #841 |
| 2004 | 220 | #815 |
| 2003 | 216 | #803 |
| 2002 | 157 | #995 |
| 2001 | 145 | #1,019 |
| 2000 | 155 | #968 |
| 1999 | 154 | #942 |
| 1998 | 130 | #1,036 |
| 1997 | 78 | #1,399 |
| 1996 | 88 | #1,255 |
| 1995 | 75 | #1,354 |
| 1994 | 83 | #1,277 |
| 1993 | 69 | #1,395 |
| 1992 | 57 | #1,541 |
| 1991 | 52 | #1,609 |
| 1990 | 48 | #1,680 |
| 1989 | 61 | #1,393 |
| 1988 | 37 | #1,810 |
| 1987 | 46 | #1,532 |
| 1986 | 41 | #1,587 |
| 1985 | 46 | #1,451 |
| 1984 | 32 | #1,763 |
| 1983 | 31 | #1,786 |
| 1982 | 43 | #1,463 |
| 1981 | 24 | #2,137 |
| 1980 | 36 | #1,619 |
| 1979 | 25 | #2,048 |
| 1978 | 28 | #1,834 |
| 1977 | 22 | #2,131 |
| 1976 | 23 | #2,053 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,538 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,356 |
| 1973 | 14 | #2,604 |
| 1972 | 17 | #2,243 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,811 |
| 1970 | 14 | #2,508 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
Names like Ean
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan, Brayden, Kenan, Declan, Kayden, Aiden, Finn, Cannon, Brennan, Finnegan, Deacon, Ronan
Other spellings of Ean
Names related to Ean
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ean: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ean, updated 20 October 2026.