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Eytan

Gender
Boy
Say it
AY-tahn
Origin
Hebrew
US rank, 2025
#5,207 for boys

Eytan is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “strong, enduring”. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).

What does Eytan mean?

Hebrew: Hebrew form of Ethan

“strong, enduring”

Hebrew form of Ethan; Ethan the Ezrahite is named as the author of Psalm 89.

Is Eytan a girl's or a boy's name?

Eytan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Eytan in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 4 boys.

2002Busiest: 4 in 20062016
Eytan in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20163#5,015
20150–
20143#4,829
20130–
20123#4,999
20113#4,837
20100–
20094#3,909
20080–
20070–
20064#3,522
20050–
20040–
20030–
20023#3,325

How popular is Eytan in the US?

Rank in 2025
5,207th among boys
Babies in 2025
18 about 1 in 95,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising up 71% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Eytan, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1980.

Half of all the boys named Eytan in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

1980Busiest: 26 in 20232025
Eytan in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202518#5,207
202414#6,194
202326#4,109
202219#5,015
202114#6,027
20209#8,062
201913#6,401
201812#6,699
201715#5,784
201612#6,721
201512#6,671
201416#5,481
201310#7,532
201222#4,387
20118#8,760
201018#5,044
200914#6,091
200819#4,897
200713#6,259
200613#6,090
20059#7,633
20047#8,921
20036#9,574
20028#7,636
20018#7,529
20005#10,341
199910#6,036
19989#6,308
19970–
19967#7,129
19950–
19948#6,366
19930–
19926#7,414
19916#7,263
19907#6,408
19896#6,934
19887#5,745
19876#6,083
19868#4,848
19857#5,142
19848#4,549
19837#4,904
19827#5,001
19810–
19807#4,938

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Eytan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eytan, updated 20 October 2026.