Given name
Eathan
Eathan is a masculine given name. It is used in Scottish Gaelic.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Eathan isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eathan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,214
- 1,214 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 80 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #9,972 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −43%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,972 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 42.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 80 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,693 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Eathan’s family of names
Eathan may belong to the same name family as EATHANN. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Eathan
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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