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 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
Top boys' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 9,560 of them was named Easter, which outranked 88.5% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #644Lue125
- #644Odell125
- #644Winnifred125
- #647Easter124
- #647Eldora124
- #647Linnie124
- #647Noreen124
- #652Marlys123
- #653Artie122
- #653Ursula122
Tied with 4 names at #647; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 185,084 of them was named Easter, which outranked 23.3% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,385Yancy7
- #3,385Yoneo7
- #3,385Zed7
- #3,708Easter6
- #3,708Abrom6
- #3,708Ada6
- #3,708Adalberto6
- #4,201Abby5
- #4,201Acey5
- #4,201Add5
Tied with 492 names at #3,708; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
- ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
- ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
- ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
- ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.