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Girl's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: falling

EdenIn Hebrew: עדן · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: עֵדֶן

Eden (Hebrew: עדן) is a girl's name of Hebrew origin. 27,908 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 264 girls and ranked #73. Its peak year was 1997, with 1,689 babies.

People in Israel
27,908
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
264
rank #73
Peak year
1997
1,689 babies
USA, 2025
3,362
rank #70

Writing and saying Eden

In Hebrew letters the name is עדן, read right to left. Eden is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Eden by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Eden: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Eden in English-speaking countries

Eden in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20253,362#702025 (3,362)
United Kingdom2025680#782024 (818)
England and Wales2025594#802024 (714)
Scotland202550#832024 (70)
Northern Ireland202536#522023 (37)
Ireland202522#1992019 (23)
British Columbia202311#2942009 (38)
Alberta202531#1242011 (49)
Quebec202520#2802025 (20)
New South Wales2025111#612024 (119)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Eden has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Eden

How do you write Eden in Hebrew?

Eden is written עדן in Hebrew (with vowel points: עֵדֶן). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Eden?

27,908 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name עדן: 23,307 women and 4,601 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Eden a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 83.5% of the people named עדן are women.

Is Eden used outside Israel?

The name Eden appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 3,362 girls were given it in 2025 (#70), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 680 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.