How rare is the name Eh?

3,941 people in the United States have the first name Eh, about 1 in 76,638. It ranks #4,645 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

EH

#4,645

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,941
About
1 in 76,638
This common or more
84.3%
Who bears it

Of the 3,941 people named Eh, 97.9% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1% as White. 58.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Eh peaked in 2014, when 71 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
20072025
Peak year
2014
Births that year
71
In 2025*
11 ▼85%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 704 babies have been given the name since 2007. 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.

Eh by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #5,524. The largest share of babies named Eh, 71.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

2000s#23,43051
2010s#5,524518
2020s#9,544135
Generation Z 1997–1228.3%
2013 and later71.7%

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.

Either side of Eh

#4,643 Giavanna · 3,944#4,644 Lita · 3,942#4,646 Adriano · 3,940#4,646 Lise · 3,940

Also a last name

As a last name, Eh ranks #29,804 of 156,621, with 842 people. See Eh as a last name

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