Meaning and history
Einar comes from the Old Norse name Einarr, which is formed from einn, meaning “one” or “alone,” and herr, meaning “army” or “warrior.” It shares the same roots as einherjar, the term for the slain warriors in Valhalla.
20062006: 5 births, rank #12,055
2007: 7 births, rank #9,788
2008: 9 births, rank #8,324
2009: 7 births, rank #9,864
2010: 5 births, rank #12,231
20112011: no US SSA record for this spelling
2012: no US SSA record for this spelling
2013: no US SSA record for this spelling
2014: 11 births, rank #7,048
2015: 6 births, rank #10,644
20162016: 5 births, rank #12,185
2017: 12 births, rank #6,685
2018: 22 births, rank #4,476
2019: 16 births, rank #5,555
2020: 19 births, rank #4,855
20212021: 31 births, rank #3,582
2022: 33 births, rank #3,464
2023: 28 births, rank #3,883
2024: 37 births, rank #3,216
20252025: 47 births, rank #2,718
Einar moved from #997 to #1000 for boys between 1917 and 1918. Its highest annual birth count came in 1915, with 60 births.