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Eason

Pronunciation
[Ea-son]
Gender
Male
Meaning
"Protector, Great One."
Origin
Irish

Eason Popularity Snapshot

Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 2,737 baby boys have been named Eason. The name peaked in 2016 with 238 US births that year (rank #905). In 2024, ranked #1553 nationally — 648 places below its 2016 peak.

Top States for Eason

Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Eason births are: California (630), New York (407), Georgia (139).

Other Irish-Origin Names Like Eason

If you like Eason's Irish origin, consider these related names: Abban, Abiageal, Abracham, Adare, Addergoole. Browse all Irish names →

5-Letter Names Starting with E

Names with Eason's exact length and starting letter: Eadda, Eadig, Eagan, Eagon, Ealga.

Quick Facts About Eason

1,167
Irish baby names in our dictionary
705
Irish male names
201
5-letter E-names in our dictionary
459
E-male names total
2016–2017
years of US SSA records (2 total)
462
total US births named Eason (all years)

US Popularity History (2016–2017)

↘️ Falling: Eason dropped 30 places in the US boys ranking over the last 1 years (#905 in 2016 → #935 in 2017).

Annual US births named Eason by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2016 with 238 boys named Eason (boy rank #905 that year).

Where it stands today: in 2017, ranked #935 for boys (224 US births). That's 30 places below its 2016 peak.

Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.

Where in the US Is Eason Most Popular?

Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Eason the strongest states are New York, California, Georgia.

Strongest boys-name states

# State Avg rank Births
1 New York #652 225
2 California #660 415
3 Georgia #686 96
4 Alabama #715 23
5 Tennessee #836 41
6 North Carolina #922 24

Weakest boys-name states

# State Avg rank Births
1 North Carolina #922 24
2 Tennessee #836 41
3 Alabama #715 23
4 Georgia #686 96
5 California #660 415
6 New York #652 225

Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Eason in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.

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Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Eason against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).

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