Etan
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Etan is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Etan mean?
Hebrew
A male given name from Hebrew.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Etan a girl's or a boy's name?
Etan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Etan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Etan, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1983, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1968.
2025 had more boys named Etan than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Etan in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Etan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,492 |
| 1982 | 15 | #2,971 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
Names like Etan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Evan Ethan Keegan Eitan Kenan Logan Dylan Nathan Eden Jordan Imran Declan
Names related to Etan
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo
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, “Etan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/etan, updated 20 October 2026.