first name
EDEN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 42,785 people named Eden, 57.6% reported their origin as White, 16.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 12.6% as Black. 84.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Eden peaked in 2025, when 3,913 babies got the name.
At least 63,400 babies have been given the name since 1917. 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.
Eden by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #185. The largest share of babies named Eden, 60.3%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Eden is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Eden has been most common in Utah (2.6×), Nevada (2.2×), and Arizona (1.9×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.18×).
59,484 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.
Either side of Eden
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Eden, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Eden ranks #4,914 of 156,621, with 6,962 people. See Eden as a last name
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