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Ithan

Boy · EE-thun · Hebrew

Ithan is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “firm, enduring”. In 2025 it ranked 2,990th for boys in the US (41 babies).

What does Ithan mean?

Hebrew: variant spelling of Ethan

“firm, enduring”

Ethan the Ezrahite is named in the Bible as the author of Psalm 89.

Say it
EE-thun

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

Ithan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 41 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Ithan in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,990among boys
Babies in 2025
41about 1 in 42,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 183% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 41 boys in the US were named Ithan, making it the 2,990th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. It first appears in the records in 2002.

It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Ithan of any year since it first appeared, in 2002.

Half of all the boys named Ithan in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 11,735 boys in the US were given Ithan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #10, up from #2,990 for this spelling alone.

2002Busiest: 41 in 20252025
Ithan in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202541#2,990
202431#3,603
202330#3,710
202219#5,015
202110#7,582
202010#7,497
20199#8,209
201817#5,316
201712#6,681
201617#5,314
20155#12,080
20147#9,636
20139#8,113
201212#6,620
201114#5,939
201012#6,692
20097#9,859
20086#11,030
20075#12,361
20068#8,726
20050–
20040–
20039#7,238
20025#10,660

Names like Ithan

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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