Easter
Last seen for girls in 2017 at #15,902 · Last seen for boys in 1936 at #3,549
Given to girls 98.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1883 · 21 births
- Debut · girls
- 12 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,513since 1880
Easter over time
Rank among girls' names. Easter has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | — | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | — | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | — | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | — | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | — | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | — | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | — | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | — | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | — | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | — | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | — | |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | — | |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | — | |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | — | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 | — | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,231 | 17 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,267 | 23 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,177 | 20 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,872 | 15 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,708 | 22 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,432 | 25 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,308 | 27 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,064 | 32 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,040 | 34 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,424 | 25 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,463 | 24 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,788 | 41 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,673 | 45 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,720 | 41 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,588 | 45 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,358 | 61 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,662 | 41 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,320 | 58 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,344 | 55 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,373 | 50 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,386 | 49 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,239 | 56 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,135 | 66 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,050 | 73 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,238 | 54 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,141 | 62 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,192 | 52 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,032 | 56 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,140 | 47 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,124 | 51 | — | |
| 1942 | #887 | 77 | — | |
| 1941 | #894 | 67 | — | |
| 1940 | #795 | 79 | — | |
| 1939 | #740 | 85 | — | |
| 1938 | #771 | 82 | — | |
| 1937 | #824 | 69 | — | |
| 1936 | #721 | 85 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #840 | 67 | — | |
| 1934 | #717 | 86 | — | |
| 1933 | #761 | 75 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #703 | 93 | — | |
| 1931 | #761 | 77 | — | |
| 1930 | #685 | 101 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #698 | 100 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #673 | 107 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #693 | 110 | — | |
| 1926 | #647 | 124 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #635 | 133 | — | |
| 1924 | #698 | 113 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #746 | 96 | — | |
| 1922 | #656 | 124 | #3,872 | 6 |
| 1921 | #704 | 111 | — | |
| 1920 | #650 | 123 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | #616 | 129 | — | |
| 1918 | #632 | 125 | — | |
| 1917 | #713 | 94 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #677 | 102 | — | |
| 1915 | #704 | 89 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | #590 | 93 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | #606 | 73 | — | |
| 1912 | #559 | 75 | — | |
| 1911 | #583 | 54 | — | |
| 1910 | #495 | 67 | — | |
| 1909 | #531 | 51 | — | |
| 1908 | #593 | 40 | — | |
| 1907 | #486 | 54 | — | |
| 1906 | #578 | 37 | — | |
| 1905 | #510 | 44 | — | |
| 1904 | #576 | 34 | — | |
| 1903 | #522 | 38 | — | |
| 1902 | #648 | 26 | — | |
| 1901 | #475 | 40 | — | |
| 1900 | #489 | 48 | — | |
| 1899 | #514 | 33 | — | |
| 1898 | #619 | 27 | — | |
| 1897 | #521 | 32 | — | |
| 1896 | #462 | 39 | — | |
| 1895 | #538 | 30 | — | |
| 1894 | #568 | 26 | — | |
| 1893 | #561 | 25 | — | |
| 1892 | #465 | 34 | — | |
| 1891 | #559 | 22 | — | |
| 1890 | #499 | 27 | — | |
| 1889 | #950 | 8 | — | |
| 1888 | #512 | 24 | — | |
| 1887 | #560 | 16 | — | |
| 1886 | #572 | 15 | — | |
| 1885 | #484 | 19 | — | |
| 1884 | #520 | 16 | — | |
| 1883 | #411 | 21 | — | |
| 1882 | #530 | 12 | — | |
| 1881 | #503 | 11 | — | |
| 1880 | #492 | 12 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Easter was already there! It came in at #492, and was given to 12 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1995, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Easter
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2017
- Biggest jump: 451 spots in 1890 (#950 → #499)
- Biggest drop: 438 spots in 1889 (#512 → #950)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1883 at #411 (21 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1880–1942
- Highest: 1 in 5,349 girls born in 1883 were named Easter (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 345,292 girls born in 2017 (0.00%)
- 20.7% of all girls named Easter (1,141) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 154 | #411 (1883) | #553 |
| 1890s | 295 | #462 (1896) | #531 |
| 1900s | 412 | #475 (1901) | #541 |
| 1910s | 901 | #495 (1910) | #618 |
| 1920s | 1,141 | #635 (1925) | #680 |
| 1930s | 820 | #685 (1930) | #752 |
| 1940s | 618 | #795 (1940) | #1,049 |
| 1950s | 522 | #1,135 (1950) | #1,413 |
| 1960s | 286 | #1,673 (1960) | #2,432 |
| 1970s | 152 | #3,177 (1972) | #4,285 |
| 1980s | 106 | #4,635 (1985) | #6,779 |
| 1990s | 61 | #8,122 (1994) | #10,240 |
| 2000s | 29 | #11,801 (2000) | #14,955 |
| 2010s | 16 | #14,959 (2010) | #15,791 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Easter in 1894
Top girls' names in 1894
More about 1894
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222,922 girls got a published name in 1894; 1 in 8,574 of them was named Easter, which outranked 66.6% of the 1,702 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #557Liza27
- #557Maye27
- #557Mellie27
- #568Easter26
- #568Allene26
- #568Betsy26
- #568Celeste26
- #586Edyth25
- #586Imogene25
- #586James25
Tied with 17 names at #568; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 691Macy#794 → #1,485
- ↓ 659Fredericka#826 → #1,485
- ↓ 586Dee#767 → #1,353
- ↓ 584Katharyn#901 → #1,485
- ↓ 584Leva#901 → #1,485
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.