Eian
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EE-an
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,847 for boys
Eian is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 3,847th for boys in the US (28 babies).
What does Eian mean?
Hebrew: spelling variant of Ian, the Scottish form of John
“God is gracious”
Is Eian a girl's or a boy's name?
Eian is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eian in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,847among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 61,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 28 boys in the US were named Eian, making it the 3,847th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,845th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 119 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the boys named Eian in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,109 boys in the US were given Eian or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #91, up from #3,847 for this spelling alone.
Eian in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #3,847 |
| 2024 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 2023 | 29 | #3,799 |
| 2022 | 47 | #2,751 |
| 2021 | 56 | #2,409 |
| 2020 | 42 | #2,845 |
| 2019 | 42 | #2,896 |
| 2018 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2017 | 56 | #2,318 |
| 2016 | 52 | #2,437 |
| 2015 | 67 | #2,086 |
| 2014 | 91 | #1,679 |
| 2013 | 84 | #1,732 |
| 2012 | 119 | #1,398 |
| 2011 | 117 | #1,411 |
| 2010 | 108 | #1,503 |
| 2009 | 89 | #1,730 |
| 2008 | 87 | #1,736 |
| 2007 | 102 | #1,539 |
| 2006 | 64 | #2,061 |
| 2005 | 103 | #1,430 |
| 2004 | 82 | #1,590 |
| 2003 | 76 | #1,643 |
| 2002 | 54 | #2,015 |
| 2001 | 55 | #1,956 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,011 |
| 1999 | 41 | #2,228 |
| 1998 | 33 | #2,549 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,596 |
| 1996 | 23 | #3,102 |
| 1995 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1994 | 19 | #3,463 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,240 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,160 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
Names like Eian
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brayden Keegan Kayden Declan Aiden Finn Finnegan Kenan Ronan Cannon Deacon Brody
Other spellings of Eian
Names related to Eian
More Hebrew names
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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, “Eian: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eian, updated 20 October 2026.