Ein
An Old German feminine name meaning "unity" or "one".
Name Census estimates that about 224 living Americans carry the first name Ein. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Ein today is around 20 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Ein births was 2006 (16 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Ein. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
224
~ 1 in 1,530,153 Americans
Peak year
2006
16 babies that year
Average age
20
years old
2021 SSA rank
#12,661
Tracked since 1985
Census
Ein in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 354 people with the first name Ein, which placed it at #26,327 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#26,327
National first-name rank
People counted
354
354 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
46.0% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Ein
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Ein is White at 46.0%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (19.5%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (15.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Ein described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Ein at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White46.0% · 163
- Hispanic or Latino19.5% · 69
- Asian and Pacific Islander15.0% · 53
- Black or African American12.7% · 45
- Two or more races6.5% · 23
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.3% · 1
Popularity
Ein: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Ein from the 1980s through to the 2020s, spanning 5 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 112 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2000s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Ein by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Ein during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Ein
The name Ein is of Hebrew origin, derived from the Hebrew word "ayin" meaning "eye" or "spring". It is a biblical name that has been in use for centuries, primarily among Jewish communities.
One of the earliest recorded mentions of the name Ein can be found in the Book of Genesis, where it is used as a place name. The biblical text refers to the "spring of Ein" or "Ein Rogel", which was a spring located near Jerusalem.
In ancient Hebrew tradition, the name Ein was sometimes used as a symbolic representation of divine wisdom and insight. It was believed that the eye, or ayin, was a symbol of understanding and knowledge.
One of the most famous historical figures with the name Ein was Ein Gedi, a Jewish military leader who played a significant role in the Bar Kokhba revolt against the Roman Empire in the 2nd century CE.
Another notable individual with the name Ein was Ein Yaakov, a 16th-century Jewish scholar and commentator on the Talmud. He was born in the city of Kraków, Poland, in 1516 and died in Lublin, Poland, in 1576.
In the 17th century, there was a Jewish mystic and kabbalist named Ein Shem, who lived in the city of Safed, located in present-day Israel. He was known for his teachings on the Kabbalah and his contributions to Jewish mysticism.
During the 18th century, a prominent Jewish rabbi and scholar named Ein Yaakov ben Yehuda Leib lived in Lithuania. He was renowned for his expertise in Talmudic studies and his influential writings on Jewish law.
In more recent times, Ein Dor was an Israeli archaeologist and military officer who played a significant role in the excavation and preservation of ancient sites in Israel. He was born in 1923 and passed away in 2010.
While the name Ein has its roots in Hebrew culture and tradition, it has also been adopted by various other communities around the world, with slight variations in spelling and pronunciation.
People
Ein + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Ein as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with E
Other first names starting with E with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Ein: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Ein?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 224 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Ein going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,530,153 US residents.
Is Ein a common name?
We classify Ein as "Very Rare". It ranks above 75.6% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 227 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Ein most popular?
The single biggest year for Ein was 2006, when 16 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Ein is about 20 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Ein in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 354 people with the name Ein, or 0.12 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #26,327 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Ein in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Ein?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Ein leans strongly male. 312 people counted with this name were male (85.0%), compared with 55 female bearers (15.0%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Ein?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Ein is White at 46.0%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (19.5%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (15.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Ein most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Ein in the 2020 Census, accounting for 46.0% (163 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Ein in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Ein a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Ein in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Ein still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Ein in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Ein can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have the name Ein?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.