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33k
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7k
in the U.S.
in 2010

Eden

Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: Paradise
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1,273^rd All Time
4,736^th in 2010

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Year	Total Babies Born	Girls Born	Boys Born
1917	7	0	7
1920	5	0	5
1921	6	0	6
1924	9	0	9
1934	5	0	5
1942	7	0	7
1943	13	5	8
1944	5	0	5
1945	15	5	10
1946	12	12	0
1947	17	10	7
1949	7	0	7
1950	6	6	0
1951	7	7	0
1952	5	5	0
1954	14	14	0
1955	26	20	6
1956	29	22	7
1957	30	21	9
1958	31	23	8
1959	34	27	7
1960	34	25	9
1961	57	47	10
1962	34	24	10
1963	42	29	13
1964	53	44	9
1965	47	38	9
1966	67	55	12
1967	48	41	7
1968	86	75	11
1969	88	72	16
1970	96	88	8
1971	93	87	6
1972	70	57	13
1973	65	54	11
1974	79	69	10
1975	77	63	14
1976	87	76	11
1977	79	67	12
1978	72	59	13
1979	78	55	23
1980	74	60	14
1981	89	73	16
1982	93	69	24
1983	72	56	16
1984	80	52	28
1985	135	105	30
1986	183	164	19
1987	222	200	22
1988	303	280	23
1989	331	303	28
1990	337	305	32
1991	324	288	36
1992	352	310	42
1993	357	318	39
1994	336	301	35
1995	373	325	48
1996	396	353	43
1997	396	351	45
1998	487	435	52
1999	556	494	62
2000	573	505	68
2001	815	739	76
2002	915	822	93
2003	1,015	903	112
2004	1,081	941	140
2005	1,134	1,000	134
2006	1,199	1,029	170
2007	1,549	1,363	186
2008	1,714	1,481	233
2009	1,799	1,568	231
2010	1,946	1,724	222
2011	1,990	1,730	260
2012	2,282	1,934	348
2013	2,421	2,040	381
2014	2,574	2,125	449
2015	2,621	2,050	571

Fun Facts about the name Eden

How many people with the first name Eden have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2015, the Social Security Administration has recorded 32,766 babies born with the first name Eden in the United States. That's more than enough people named Eden to occupy the country of San Marino with an estimated population of 32,312 (as of March 31, 2012).
What year were 5 or more babies first named Eden? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1917 when it was given as a first name to 7 new born babies.
When was Eden first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Eden is Tuesday, October 4th, 1870.
What year had the most people named Eden born? The highest recorded use of the first name Eden was in 2014 with a total of 2,125 babies. That's a lot of babies named Eden!
Random Eden Factoid: According to the 2015 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Eden ranks 96^th in popularity as a baby girl's name in West Virginia. Imagine that, 18 babies in West Virginia have the same name as you in 2015.
Weird things about the name Eden: Your name in reverse order is Nede. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Ened. How do you pronounce that?
How many people have the last name Eden? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 7,489 people with the last name Eden.
How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Eden? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 3 of them will have Eden as their last name.

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Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity		Eden	U.S.
█	White	85.70%	64.26%
█	African American	5.27%	11.96%
█	Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander	1.26%	4.85%
█	American Indian and Alaska Native	1.07%	0.69%
█	Two or More Ethnicities	1.98%	1.76%
█	Hispanic or Latino	4.73%	16.26%

Of Last Name Eden

People with the last name Eden are most frequently White

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Meaning, Origin, Inspirations, and Associations

Have you been wondering what does the name "Eden" mean? The list below shows the origins of Eden as well as things modernly associated with the name Eden such as celebrities named Eden.

Hebrew

Origin and Meaning of Eden

The name "Eden" is of Hebrew origin, and it means "Paradise". It's a name commonly given to both boys and girls.

Webster's Unabridged Dictionary

noun E"den

The garden where Adam and Eve first dwelt; hence, a delightful region or residence.

Etymology: Heb. ēden delight, pleasure; also, a place of pleasure, Eden

Other Dictionary Sources

A beautiful garden where Adam and Eve were placed at the Creation; when they disobeyed and ate the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil they were driven from their paradise (the fall of man)
Synonyms: garden of eden
Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
Synonyms: heaven, nirvana, paradise, promised land, and shangri-la

Wiktionary

From Hebrew ×¢Öµ×“Ö¶×Ÿ (eden), perhaps from Sumerian ð’‚” (edin, â€œsteppe, gardenâ€).

(biblical) A garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia.
Any of various towns and other place names.
An English surnameâ€‹, probably derived from a place name.
A female given name from the biblical place name; also a medieval diminutive of Old English compound names beginning with the element Ä“ad (â€œrichesâ€).
(by extension, countable) A paradise on Earth.
(by extension, uncountable) A state of innocence.

Eden was also found in the following language(s): Finnish

Eden Riegel

Eden Riegel is an actress and voice artist with the most prominent portion of her career being from 1990 to present. Eden was born in 1981 as Eden Sonja Jane Riegel in Washington, D.C., U.S.

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Eden Roundtree

Eden was born in 1973.

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Other Inspirations for the Name Eden

Eden Center
Eden Eternal
Eden Hazard
Eden Resort
Eden Roc
Eden Sher
Eden Of The East
Eden Tirl
Eden Dc

Notable Persons With the Last Name Eden

Bobbi Eden

Bobbi Eden is an adult biography. Bobbi was born in 1980 as Priscilla Hendrikse in The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands.

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Barbara Eden

Barbara was born in 1934 as Barbara Jean Morehead in Tucson, Arizona, U.S.

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Harry Eden

Harry Eden is an actor with the most prominent portion of his career being from 2 to present. Harry was born in 1990 in Old Harlow, Essex, England, UK.

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