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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201938peak #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 1938

girls
#771
82 births · 1 in 13,457 girls

Top girls' names in 1938

  1. #1Mary56,225
  2. #2Barbara39,277
  3. #3Patricia27,560
  4. #4Betty25,506
  5. #5Shirley23,766
  6. #6Carol19,421
  7. #7Nancy18,951
  8. #8Dorothy16,358
  9. #9Margaret15,330
  10. #10Joan14,303
  11. #771Easter82
More about 1938

girls

1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 13,457 of them was named Easter, which outranked 84.6% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Easter
  1. #764Emogene83
  2. #764Marita83
  3. #764Merlene83
  4. #771Easter82
  5. #771Christene82
  6. #771Mariann82
  7. #771Ouida82
  8. #775Chloe81
  9. #775Elda81
  10. #775Ernestina81

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. 2,209Danielle#2,940#731
  2. 833Lorelei#1,451#618
  3. 623Helaine#1,493#870
  4. 399Janine#1,330#931
  5. 392Imelda#1,282#890
Fallers
  1. 1,261Noreta#964#2,225
  2. 513Norita#532#1,045
  3. 432Noretta#856#1,288
  4. 366Ferne#950#1,316
  5. 327Verdell#904#1,231

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

See the top 100 for 1938