Eden
#70 for girls in 2025, 3,362 births · #544 for boys in 2025, 551 births
Given to girls 82.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 3,362 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 3 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 52,434since 1943
Eden over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #70 | 3,362 | #544 | 551 |
| 2024 | #71 | 3,136 | #466 | 663 |
| 2023 | #77 | 2,960 | #439 | 709 |
| 2022 | #116 | 2,397 | #408 | 787 |
| 2021 | #121 | 2,319 | #497 | 591 |
| 2020 | #129 | 2,039 | #491 | 596 |
| 2019 | #145 | 1,965 | #468 | 635 |
| 2018 | #146 | 1,917 | #488 | 597 |
| 2017 | #139 | 2,096 | #491 | 590 |
| 2016 | #148 | 2,090 | #520 | 569 |
| 2015 | #156 | 2,069 | #505 | 573 |
| 2014 | #150 | 2,138 | #600 | 450 |
| 2013 | #158 | 2,044 | #641 | 383 |
| 2012 | #161 | 1,937 | #677 | 349 |
| 2011 | #181 | 1,730 | #828 | 262 |
| 2010 | #179 | 1,725 | #910 | 222 |
| 2009 | #206 | 1,571 | #898 | 231 |
| 2008 | #229 | 1,483 | #894 | 233 |
| 2007 | #255 | 1,366 | #1,021 | 186 |
| 2006 | #318 | 1,029 | #1,049 | 171 |
| 2005 | #323 | 1,001 | #1,182 | 135 |
| 2004 | #340 | 941 | #1,128 | 140 |
| 2003 | #342 | 904 | #1,269 | 112 |
| 2002 | #364 | 823 | #1,406 | 93 |
| 2001 | #394 | 739 | #1,572 | 76 |
| 2000 | #521 | 505 | #1,681 | 68 |
| 1999 | #516 | 494 | #1,692 | 62 |
| 1998 | #564 | 435 | #1,871 | 52 |
| 1997 | #637 | 351 | #1,991 | 45 |
| 1996 | #630 | 355 | #2,017 | 43 |
| 1995 | #657 | 325 | #1,801 | 48 |
| 1994 | #696 | 301 | #2,259 | 35 |
| 1993 | #685 | 319 | #2,050 | 39 |
| 1992 | #697 | 310 | #1,914 | 42 |
| 1991 | #721 | 289 | #2,052 | 36 |
| 1990 | #696 | 305 | #2,214 | 32 |
| 1989 | #670 | 303 | #2,359 | 28 |
| 1988 | #685 | 280 | #2,509 | 23 |
| 1987 | #854 | 200 | #2,468 | 22 |
| 1986 | #958 | 164 | #2,684 | 19 |
| 1985 | #1,276 | 105 | #1,916 | 30 |
| 1984 | #1,961 | 52 | #1,933 | 28 |
| 1983 | #1,858 | 56 | #2,787 | 16 |
| 1982 | #1,653 | 69 | #2,166 | 24 |
| 1981 | #1,596 | 73 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1980 | #1,805 | 60 | #3,098 | 14 |
| 1979 | #1,897 | 55 | #2,157 | 23 |
| 1978 | #1,746 | 59 | #3,070 | 13 |
| 1977 | #1,596 | 67 | #3,203 | 12 |
| 1976 | #1,397 | 76 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #1,571 | 63 | #2,751 | 14 |
| 1974 | #1,448 | 69 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #1,666 | 54 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #1,594 | 57 | #2,659 | 13 |
| 1971 | #1,266 | 87 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #1,259 | 88 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #1,338 | 72 | #2,130 | 16 |
| 1968 | #1,267 | 75 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | #1,821 | 41 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #1,488 | 55 | #2,327 | 12 |
| 1965 | #1,854 | 38 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #1,747 | 44 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #2,211 | 29 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1962 | #2,463 | 24 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #1,640 | 47 | #2,706 | 10 |
| 1960 | #2,369 | 25 | #2,871 | 9 |
| 1959 | #2,191 | 27 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #2,376 | 23 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #2,486 | 21 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #2,389 | 22 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #2,472 | 20 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #3,019 | 14 | — | |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | — | |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1949 | — | #3,019 | 7 | |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 | — | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | — | #3,430 | 5 | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | — | #2,940 | 7 | |
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| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
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| 1924 | — | #3,023 | 9 | |
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| 1921 | — | #3,869 | 6 | |
| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
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| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Eden! It came in at #4,691, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1943–1945, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Eden is popular in 1971
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- California#739 · 1 in 6,745
- Pennsylvania#880 · 1 in 13,392
- Ohio#1,022 · 1 in 16,734
- Illinois#1,072 · 1 in 13,780
- New York#1,376 · 1 in 20,869
Best ever in a state: #16 in Wyoming, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #739 | 22 | 1 in 6,745 |
| Pennsylvania | #880 | 6 | 1 in 13,392 |
| Ohio | #1,022 | 5 | 1 in 16,734 |
| Illinois | #1,072 | 6 | 1 in 13,780 |
| New York | #1,376 | 6 | 1 in 20,869 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Eden
- 1 spot since 2024 (#71 → #70)
- 59 spots since 2020 (#129 → #70)
- 86 spots since 2015 (#156 → #70)
- Biggest jump: 318 spots in 1986 (#1,276 → #958)
- Biggest drop: 26 spots in 1990 (#670 → #696)
- Debuted 1943
- Peaked 2025 at #70 (3,362 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 3 yrs · run 2023–2025
- Top 1,000: 40 yrs · run 1986–2025
- Highest: 1 in 478 girls born in 2025 were named Eden (0.21%)
- 37.6% of all girls named Eden (19,711) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1949, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 32 | #2,880 (1946) | #3,894 |
| 1950s | 145 | #2,191 (1959) | #3,291 |
| 1960s | 450 | #1,267 (1968) | #1,820 |
| 1970s | 675 | #1,259 (1970) | #1,544 |
| 1980s | 1,362 | #670 (1989) | #1,332 |
| 1990s | 3,484 | #516 (1999) | #650 |
| 2000s | 10,362 | #206 (2009) | #329 |
| 2010s | 19,711 | #139 (2017) | #156 |
| 2020s | 16,213 | #70 (2025) | #97 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Eden in 1971
Top girls' names in 1971
Top boys' names in 1971
More about 1971
girls
1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 19,124 of them was named Eden, which outranked 86.9% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,253Shawnna88
- #1,253Temple88
- #1,253Tobi88
- #1,266Eden87
- #1,266Christiane87
- #1,266Debby87
- #1,266Dorene87
- #1,280Annetta86
- #1,280Cherrie86
- #1,280Dannielle86
Tied with 13 names at #1,266; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 294,741 of them was named Eden, which outranked 22.6% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,963Zechariah7
- #3,963Zeferino7
- #3,963Zerrick7
- #4,375Eden6
- #4,375Abelino6
- #4,375Absalom6
- #4,375Acey6
- #4,907Abdel5
- #4,907Abiel5
- #4,907Achille5
Tied with 531 names at #4,375; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.