Ethan or Jacob

Ethan is the more popular boy name in Canada, #15 to #19 in 2024. Jacob is the more popular boy name in England and Wales, #41 to #54 in 2025. Ethan is the more popular boy name in the USA, #19 to #41 in 2024. The two countries disagree on which is ahead.

Ethan on its own page Jacob on its own page

Place by place

Each place ranks its own registered births, so the two names are compared inside one list at a time, in that place's most recent complete year.

Where each place ranks Ethan against Jacob, in that place's most recent complete year.EthanJacob#1#25#50#100Canada#15 → #19 ↓4England and Wales#54 → #41 ↑13USA#19 → #41 ↓22Alberta#7 → #31 ↓24British Columbia#7 → #55 ↓48Ontario#17 → #23 ↓6Quebec#34 → #11 ↑23
PlaceYear Ethan Jacob Ahead
Canada2024#15#19Ethan
England and Wales2025#54#41Jacob
USA2024#19#41Ethan
Alberta2024#7#31Ethan
British Columbia2024#7#55Ethan
Ontario2024#17#23Ethan
Quebec2024#34#11Jacob

Ethan and Jacob in Canada, 2020–2024

Ethan stood at #15 in 2024, matching its 2020 rank in Canada. Jacob slipped from #9 in 2020 to #19 in 2024 in Canada. Ethan passed Jacob in 2024.

Ethan and Jacob ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#20#15 Ethan#19 Jacob20202021202220232024

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Ethan and Jacob in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Ethan slipped from #36 in 2020 to #54 in 2025 in England and Wales. Jacob slipped from #19 in 2020 to #41 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Ethan and Jacob ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#100#41 Jacob#54 Ethan202020212022202320242025

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Ethan and Jacob in the USA, 2020–2024

Ethan slipped from #13 in 2020 to #19 in 2024 in the USA. Jacob slipped from #15 in 2020 to #41 in 2024 in the USA.

Ethan and Jacob ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#19 Ethan#41 Jacob20202021202220232024

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Other comparisons

More head-to-heads with Ethan
Adam or EthanArthur or EthanAsher or EthanBenjamin or EthanDaniel or EthanElijah or EthanEthan or EzraEthan or HenryEthan or HudsonEthan or JackEthan or JamesEthan or LeoEthan or LeviEthan or LiamEthan or LoganEthan or LucaEthan or LucasEthan or MateoEthan or MichaelEthan or MilesEthan or MuhammadEthan or NathanEthan or NoahEthan or OliverEthan or OwenEthan or SamuelEthan or SebastianEthan or TheoEthan or TheodoreEthan or ThomasEthan or WilliamEthan or WyattEthan or Zorawar
More head-to-heads with Jacob
Adam or JacobArthur or JacobBenjamin or JacobCharles or JacobEdouard or JacobEmile or JacobHenry or JacobJack or JacobJacob or JamesJacob or JulesJacob or LaurentJacob or LeoJacob or LeviJacob or LiamJacob or LoganJacob or LouisJacob or LucasJacob or NathanJacob or NoahJacob or OliverJacob or RaphaelJacob or TheoJacob or TheodoreJacob or ThomasJacob or William

How this comparison is built

Both names are ranked by how many babies were registered with that exact spelling, so every position here counts real births rather than votes or searches. Rank is the only measure every source publishes, so it is what the charts plot; birth counts are not released for every place.

A place appears only in the years it published a complete list, which is why a name can be missing from a year it was almost certainly given to some babies. See every head-to-head on the site, or the ranked lists these names come from.