Eden

Eden is the 4,914th most common surname in the United States, shared by 6,962 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 42,900.

By the numbers

People: 6,962
Rank: 4,914th
How common: 1 in 42,900
Per 100,000: 2.3

Where the name comes from

From Biblical Hebrew עֵדֶן, perhaps from sux 𒂔 (“steppe, garden”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Eden described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 83.0%
Hispanic or Latino 5.6%
Black, not Hispanic 5.1%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.3%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 1.1%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.8%

Notable people called Eden

Anthony Eden (1897–1977)British soldier, diplomat and politician
Barbara Eden (born 1931)American actress and singer
Eden Alene (born 2000)Israeli singer
Nils Edén (1871–1945)Swedish 20th century prime minister
Bobbi Eden (born 1980)Dutch pornographic actress
George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland (1784–1849)British politician
Jaap Eden (1873–1925)Dutch speed skater and racing cyclist
William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland (1745–1814)Irish politician

People named Eden with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Eden

Also a first name

Eden has been given to 63,400 American babies as a first name since 1917, peaking in 2025. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.