Eternity
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ee-TER-nih-tee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,298 for girls
Eternity is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “endless time”. In 2025 it ranked 2,298th for girls in the US (79 babies).
What does Eternity mean?
English: English word, from Latin aeternitas
“endless time”
Is Eternity a girl's or a boy's name?
Eternity is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 79 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eternity in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,298among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 79about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 79 girls in the US were named Eternity, making it the 2,298th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,341st. Its busiest year was 2009, with 103 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Eternity in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Eternity in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79 | #2,298 |
| 2024 | 86 | #2,203 |
| 2023 | 77 | #2,352 |
| 2022 | 67 | #2,604 |
| 2021 | 99 | #1,971 |
| 2020 | 75 | #2,341 |
| 2019 | 83 | #2,217 |
| 2018 | 80 | #2,275 |
| 2017 | 51 | #3,145 |
| 2016 | 80 | #2,343 |
| 2015 | 85 | #2,209 |
| 2014 | 98 | #2,010 |
| 2013 | 74 | #2,439 |
| 2012 | 81 | #2,315 |
| 2011 | 84 | #2,238 |
| 2010 | 89 | #2,185 |
| 2009 | 103 | #2,005 |
| 2008 | 89 | #2,218 |
| 2007 | 83 | #2,311 |
| 2006 | 97 | #2,031 |
| 2005 | 50 | #3,122 |
| 2004 | 59 | #2,738 |
| 2003 | 54 | #2,837 |
| 2002 | 66 | #2,411 |
| 2001 | 43 | #3,194 |
| 2000 | 42 | #3,212 |
| 1999 | 40 | #3,185 |
| 1998 | 39 | #3,170 |
| 1997 | 38 | #3,102 |
| 1996 | 36 | #3,232 |
| 1995 | 34 | #3,280 |
| 1994 | 26 | #4,011 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
Names like Eternity
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Serenity Everly Emery Felicity Emerson Emmy Ellery Emely Lily Journey Presley Harmony
More English 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, “Eternity: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eternity, updated 20 October 2026.