How rare is the name Ean?

5,455 people in the United States have the first name Ean, about 1 in 55,368. It ranks #3,712 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

EAN

#3,712

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,455
About
1 in 55,368
This common or more
82.9%
Who bears it

Of the 5,455 people named Ean, 58.2% reported their origin as White, 20% as Hispanic or Latino and 11.4% as Black. 98.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ean peaked in 2007, when 289 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19682025
Peak year
2007
Births that year
289
In 2025*
89 ▼69%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 6,562 babies have been given the name since 1968. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Ean by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,933. The largest share of babies named Ean, 50.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#14,41311
1970s#5,574188
1980s#3,979397
1990s#3,008834
2000s#1,9332,191
2010s#2,0792,178
2020s#3,021763
Generation X 1965–803.6%
Millennials 1981–9612.7%
Generation Z 1997–1250.8%
2013 and later33%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Ean is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ean has been most common in Florida (2.1×), Texas (1.7×), and California (1.4×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.4×).

4,074 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Ean

1 other first name also has 5,455 people.

#3,712 Ashely · 5,455

Either side of Ean

#3,711 Jordin · 5,459#3,712 Ashely · 5,455#3,714 Elwood · 5,454#3,715 Grey · 5,453

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ean, most common first.

#41,689 Eain · 175

Also a last name

As a last name, Ean ranks #99,304 of 156,621, with 195 people. See Ean as a last name

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