Ethyle

Last seen for girls in 1940 at #4,349

Peak · girls
1901 · 12 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
437
since 1890

Ethyle over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ethyle has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201890peak #961, 1901girls
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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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1940#4,3495
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1935#4,2045
1934#3,8026
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1929#3,1379
1928#3,7437
1927#3,8757
1926#4,3066
1925#3,11610
1924#2,97311
1923#2,58713
1922#2,18617
1921#2,19517
1920#1,55028
1919#2,38414
1918#1,96319
1917#1,60523
1916#2,02816
1915#1,80018
1914#1,74015
1913#1,76612
1912#1,42115
1911#1,37212
1910#1,6349
1909#1,9576
1908#1,4399
1907#1,8216
1906#1,4168
1905#1,4208
1904#1,2519
1903#1,13710
1902#1,4387
1901#96112
1900#1,17111
1899
1898#1,1719
1897#1,2637
1896#1,5835
1895#1,2997
1894#1,0619
1893#1,0239
1892#1,4505
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1890#1,2106
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First appearance
1890

The first year at least five girls were named Ethyle! It came in at #1,210, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1891–1892, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Ethyle
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1940
  • Biggest jump: 210 spots in 1901 (#1,171#961)
  • Biggest drop: 477 spots in 1902 (#961#1,438)
Rise & fade · girls
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1890
  • Peaked 1901 at #961 (12 births)
  • Births halved by 1907, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1901
Share of babies · girls
1 in 19,945
  • Highest: 1 in 19,945 girls born in 1901 were named Ethyle (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 228,706 girls born in 1940 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 35.0% of all girls named Ethyle (153) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s57#1,023 (1893)#1,258
1900s86#961 (1901)#1,401
1910s153#1,372 (1911)#1,771
1920s125#1,550 (1920)#2,967
1930s11#3,802 (1934)#4,003
1940s5#4,349 (1940)#4,349

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.

Ethyle in 1890

girls
#1,210
6 births · 1 in 31,730 girls

Top girls' names in 1890

  1. #1Mary12,078
  2. #2Anna5,233
  3. #3Elizabeth3,112
  4. #4Margaret3,100
  5. #5Emma2,980
  6. #6Florence2,744
  7. #7Ethel2,718
  8. #8Minnie2,650
  9. #9Clara2,496
  10. #10Bertha2,388
  11. #1,210Ethyle6
More about 1890

girls

190,377 girls got a published name in 1890; 1 in 31,730 of them was named Ethyle, which outranked 21.1% of the 1,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ethyle
  1. #1,099Zilpha7
  2. #1,099Zita7
  3. #1,099Zoa7
  4. #1,210Ethyle6
  5. #1,210Abby6
  6. #1,210Achsah6
  7. #1,210Adelaida6
  8. #1,338Agness5
  9. #1,338Alla5
  10. #1,338Almina5

Tied with 127 names at #1,210; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1889
Risers
  1. 612Electa#1,279#667
  2. 586Lular#1,279#693
  3. 548Alvena#1,147#599
  4. 521Prudie#1,279#758
  5. 505Tempie#1,147#642
Fallers
  1. 581Lella#757#1,338
  2. 581Vira#757#1,338
  3. 553Buena#657#1,210
  4. 536Roxana#802#1,338
  5. 499Fleda#839#1,338

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

See the top 100 for 1890