Eisen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EYE-zen
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Eisen is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “iron”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Eisen mean?
Germanic: from German Eisen 'iron'
“iron”
From the German word Eisen, 'iron', which is also a German and Jewish surname.
Is Eisen a girl's or a boy's name?
Eisen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eisen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Eisen, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1953.
Half of all the boys named Eisen in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 223 boys in the US were given Eisen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #930, up from #8,239 for this spelling alone.
Eisen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
Names like Eisen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Raiden Aiden Eden Braylen Brayden Rayden Callan Ronan Declan Eren Brecken
Other spellings of Eisen
Names related to Eisen
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
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, “Eisen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eisen, updated 20 October 2026.