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

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Peak · girls
1883 · 21 births
Debut · girls
12 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,513
since 1880

Easter over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Easter has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #411, 1883girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017#15,9025
2016
2015
2014#16,5135
2013
2012
2011
2010#14,9596
2009
2008
2007#13,9247
2006#17,1685
2005
2004#16,0995
2003#15,7845
2002
2001
2000#11,8017
1999
1998#11,1387
1997#13,7245
1996#11,8076
1995
1994#8,12210
1993#9,5598
1992#10,4797
1991#8,5889
1990#8,5019
1989#6,16013
1988#10,3866
1987#6,78810
1986#7,1349
1985#4,63516
1984#4,73715
1983#9,0156
1982#6,8889
1981#5,25413
1980#6,7899
1979#4,23117
1978#4,45915
1977#3,26723
1976#6,0489
1975#5,16111
1974#4,72012
1973#3,97115
1972#3,17720
1971#3,94315
1970#3,87215
1969#4,41811
1968#2,70822
1967#2,43225
1966#2,30827
1965#2,06432
1964#2,04034
1963#2,42425
1962#2,46324
1961#1,78841
1960#1,67345
1959#1,72041
1958#1,58845
1957#1,35861
1956#1,66241
1955#1,32058
1954#1,34455
1953#1,37350
1952#1,38649
1951#1,23956
1950#1,13566
1949#1,05073
1948#1,23854
1947#1,14162
1946#1,19252
1945#1,03256
1944#1,14047
1943#1,12451
1942#88777
1941#89467
1940#79579
1939#74085
1938#77182
1937#82469
1936#72185#3,5495
1935#84067
1934#71786
1933#76175#3,2686
1932#70393
1931#76177
1930#685101#4,0015
1929#698100#3,5596
1928#673107#3,3577
1927#693110
1926#647124#3,7086
1925#635133
1924#698113#4,3475
1923#74696
1922#656124#3,8726
1921#704111
1920#650123#4,2865
1919#616129
1918#632125
1917#71394#3,9815
1916#677102
1915#70489#3,8255
1914#59093#3,2645
1913#60673
1912#55975
1911#58354
1910#49567
1909#53151
1908#59340
1907#48654
1906#57837
1905#51044
1904#57634
1903#52238
1902#64826
1901#47540
1900#48948
1899#51433
1898#61927
1897#52132
1896#46239
1895#53830
1894#56826
1893#56125
1892#46534
1891#55922
1890#49927
1889#9508
1888#51224
1887#56016
1886#57215
1885#48419
1884#52016
1883#41121
1882#53012
1881#50311
1880#49212
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2017
  • Biggest jump: 451 spots in 1890 (#950#499)
  • Biggest drop: 438 spots in 1889 (#512#950)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #411 (21 births)
  • Births halved by 1889, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 63 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1880–1942
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,349
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 20.7% of all girls named Easter (1,141) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s154#411 (1883)#553
1890s295#462 (1896)#531
1900s412#475 (1901)#541
1910s901#495 (1910)#618
1920s1,141#635 (1925)#680
1930s820#685 (1930)#752
1940s618#795 (1940)#1,049
1950s522#1,135 (1950)#1,413
1960s286#1,673 (1960)#2,432
1970s152#3,177 (1972)#4,285
1980s106#4,635 (1985)#6,779
1990s61#8,122 (1994)#10,240
2000s29#11,801 (2000)#14,955
2010s16#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 1920

girls
#650
123 births · 1 in 9,742 girls
boys
#4,286
5 births · 1 in 212,871 boys

Top girls' names in 1920

  1. #1Mary70,983
  2. #2Dorothy36,643
  3. #3Helen35,097
  4. #4Margaret27,994
  5. #5Ruth26,102
  6. #6Mildred18,060
  7. #7Virginia17,314
  8. #8Elizabeth15,908
  9. #9Frances15,883
  10. #10Anna14,581
  11. #650Easter123

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #4,286Easter5
More about 1920

girls

1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 9,742 of them was named Easter, which outranked 88.7% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Easter
  1. #646Eldora124
  2. #646Nan124
  3. #646Ouida124
  4. #650Easter123
  5. #650Almeda123
  6. #650Berneice123
  7. #650Crystal123
  8. #655Anastasia122
  9. #655Nita122
  10. #655Norine122

Tied with 4 names at #650; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 550Denise#1,481#931
  2. 321Blossom#1,242#921
  3. 311Lilia#1,242#931
  4. 302Ena#1,270#968
  5. 277Lorayne#1,216#939
Fallers
  1. 594Haruko#917#1,511
  2. 511Roselle#1,000#1,511
  3. 345Toshiko#967#1,312
  4. 304Carroll#902#1,206
  5. 297Santina#835#1,132

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 212,871 of them was named Easter, which outranked 14.1% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Easter
  1. #3,815Zed6
  2. #3,815Zeddie6
  3. #3,815Zenas6
  4. #4,286Easter5
  5. #4,286Aarne5
  6. #4,286Abb5
  7. #4,286Abran5

Tied with 703 names at #4,286; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 960Harding#1,351#391
  2. 607Cameron#1,351#744
  3. 566Hardin#1,531#965
  4. 392Laurel#1,321#929
  5. 368Terrence#1,297#929
Fallers
  1. 789Pershing#593#1,382
  2. 580Woodroe#877#1,457
  3. 385Quinten#867#1,252
  4. 383Orvel#890#1,273
  5. 373Rexford#927#1,300

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1920