Eathan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Eathan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Eathan: Recorded since 1996, it reached #305 in 2004, and it was last ranked in 2017.

2registrars recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#305highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2017

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1591
1997	#1578
1998	#887
1999	#948
2000	#1330
2001	#1286
2002	#1322
2003	#1188
2004	#1280
2005	#1991
2007	#2435
2008	#4432
2009	#2837
2010	#2629
2011	#2039
2012	#2721
2014	#3895
2016	#4810
2017	#3996

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 19 of the 22 years from 1996 to 2017.

In 2004: #305 among boys in Northern Ireland, #1280 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2017 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1591 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2017
Most recently recorded at #3996 among boys in England and Wales, in 2017.
England and Wales · Boys

Eathan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Eathan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	47	4 of 10	12
2000sbusiest	84	9 of 10	9
2010s	35	6 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Eathan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #305 in Northern Ireland in 2004.

Eathan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2039	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1991	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1280	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1188	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1322	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1286	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1330	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#948	16	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#887	17	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2017, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #305, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2004, and 8 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Maitiu · #305, 14y
Petrina · #305, 24y
Seanie · #305, 14y
Willie · #304, 14y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Al · #305, 28y
Denzel · #305, 30y
Divine · #305, 29y
Hafsah · #305, 29y

Eathan was ranked #305 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2004. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Eathan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Eathan without appearing here.

Eathan moved ahead of

Kim Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2837 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2629 and #3865.
Brent Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4810 and #4810 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3996 and #4812.
Shannon Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4432 and #4432 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3996 and #4812.
Graeme Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1578 and #874 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #887 and #1367.

Moved ahead of Eathan

Hans Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2721 and #3987 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3895 and #1819.
Aksel Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2721 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3895 and #2079.
Theodor Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1991 and #2418 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #2435 and #1440.
Hunter Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1280 and #1878 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1991 and #1135.

Moved the opposite way to Eathan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Boys, Eathan went from #1591 to #3996 while Albie went from #853 to #57.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Boys, Eathan went from #1591 to #3996 while Alfie went from #119 to #12.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Boys, Eathan went from #1591 to #3996 while Alfred went from #218 to #107.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Boys, Eathan went from #1591 to #3996 while Archie went from #192 to #18.

Moved the same way as Eathan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Boys, Eathan went from #1591 to #3996 and Aaron from #33 to #101.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Boys, Eathan went from #1591 to #3996 and Adam from #16 to #36.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Boys, Eathan went from #1591 to #3996 and Alex from #43 to #92.
Alexander Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Boys, Eathan went from #1591 to #3996 and Alexander from #14 to #22.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #305 in Northern Ireland in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Eathan

Eathan at a glance

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Eathan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Eathan at a glance

Eathan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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