Etta

#928 for girls in 2025, 281 births · Last seen for boys in 1935 at #3,252
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1880 · 323 births
Debut · girls
323 births
In top 100 · girls
15 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
43,268
since 1880

Etta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #72, 1880girls
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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#928281
2024#970267
2023#936283
2022#1,015256
2021#931285
2020#924279
2019#1,010254
2018#956276
2017#988263
2016#1,030257
2015#1,082242
2014#1,173209
2013#1,178204
2012#1,629132
2011#2,19086
2010#2,34181
2009#2,59271
2008#3,01757
2007#3,98339
2006#3,46946
2005#5,11325
2004#4,70728
2003#4,94325
2002#4,28029
2001#12,0567
2000#6,80815
1999#7,71612
1998#6,36015
1997#6,48314
1996#5,06519
1995#5,95815
1994#5,44517
1993#4,67121
1992#5,05119
1991#5,00419
1990#4,52321
1989#4,67019
1988#3,69025
1987#4,28319
1986#3,64523
1985#4,28218
1984#3,87420
1983#3,43123
1982#3,09328
1981#2,44739
1980#3,50623
1979#2,52536
1978#2,51634
1977#2,38137
1976#2,29236
1975#2,09741
1974#1,82048
1973#2,26734
1972#1,56559
1971#1,50067
1970#1,50566
1969#1,32573
1968#1,042100
1967#1,09391
1966#955113
1965#887127
1964#835157
1963#764181
1962#729200
1961#721207
1960#696214
1959#698206
1958#623247
1957#648229
1956#588258
1955#559264
1954#584240
1953#557246
1952#545249
1951#524252
1950#477289
1949#435332
1948#429343
1947#444342
1946#401360
1945#378345
1944#363369
1943#349419
1942#326448
1941#322413
1940#305426
1939#307408
1938#292461
1937#296443
1936#285449
1935#284458#3,2526
1934#275499
1933#270514
1932#275504
1931#273518
1930#271551
1929#256614
1928#267583
1927#260648
1926#257655#4,2015
1925#246731#4,1975
1924#247725
1923#238742
1922#243720
1921#244740
1920#230803
1919#230742
1918#229755
1917#224750
1916#222742
1915#215766#3,0827
1914#216581
1913#197542
1912#192510
1911#173434
1910#165430
1909#166367
1908#162400
1907#157407
1906#155384
1905#150397
1904#160343
1903#134416
1902#139400
1901#134381
1900#123508
1899#123394
1898#112479
1897#109467
1896#107484
1895#112445
1894#97519
1893#98486
1892#97492
1891#94452
1890#95452
1889#87465
1888#82500
1887#78437
1886#79433
1885#83372
1884#75423
1883#80352
1882#75352
1881#73316
1880#72323
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Etta was already there! It came in at #72, and was given to 323 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2001, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.

See more about Etta
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 42 spots since 2024 (#970#928)
  • 4 spots since 2020 (#924#928)
  • 154 spots since 2015 (#1,082#928)
  • Biggest jump: 86 spots in 2020 (#1,010#924)
  • Biggest drop: 138 spots in 1967 (#955#1,093)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #72 (323 births)
  • Births halved by 1964, 84 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 15 yrs · run 1880–1894
  • Top 1,000: 94 yrs · run 1880–1966
Share of babies · girls
1 in 282
  • Highest: 1 in 282 girls born in 1880 were named Etta (0.35%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,720 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 16.1% of all girls named Etta (6,961) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s3,973#72 (1880)#78
1890s4,670#94 (1891)#104
1900s4,003#123 (1900)#148
1910s6,252#165 (1910)#206
1920s6,961#230 (1920)#249
1930s4,805#270 (1933)#283
1940s3,797#305 (1940)#375
1950s2,480#477 (1950)#580
1960s1,463#696 (1960)#905
1970s458#1,500 (1971)#2,047
1980s237#2,447 (1981)#3,692
1990s172#4,523 (1990)#5,628
2000s342#2,592 (2009)#5,097
2010s2,004#956 (2018)#1,358
2020s1,651#924 (2020)#951

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.

Etta in 1926

girls
#257
655 births · 1 in 1,810 girls
boys
#4,201
5 births · 1 in 222,101 boys

Top girls' names in 1926

  1. #1Mary67,832
  2. #2Dorothy36,618
  3. #3Betty32,964
  4. #4Helen26,886
  5. #5Margaret23,072
  6. #6Ruth20,225
  7. #7Doris16,295
  8. #8Virginia16,161
  9. #9Mildred13,547
  10. #10Frances13,355
  11. #257Etta655

Top boys' names in 1926

  1. #1Robert61,130
  2. #2John56,108
  3. #3James53,196
  4. #4William51,922
  5. #5Charles29,521
  6. #6George25,910
  7. #7Richard25,143
  8. #8Joseph23,756
  9. #9Donald20,912
  10. #10Edward19,375
  11. #4,201Etta5
More about 1926

girls

1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 1,810 of them was named Etta, which outranked 95.4% 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).

Ranked beside Etta
  1. #254Selma671
  2. #255Natalie669
  3. #256Janie664
  4. #257Etta655
  5. #258Addie654
  6. #259Francis652
  7. #260Judith651
Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. 1,047Janell#1,795#748
  2. 389Madalyn#1,225#836
  3. 382Evangelina#1,324#942
  4. 379Carla#1,252#873
  5. 351Vilma#1,020#669
Fallers
  1. 597Albertine#944#1,541
  2. 462Cleora#895#1,357
  3. 461Lorrayne#988#1,449
  4. 453Hermina#996#1,449
  5. 307Ethelene#913#1,220

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

boys

1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 222,101 of them was named Etta, which outranked 13.1% 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).

Ranked beside Etta
  1. #3,708Zelma6
  2. #3,708Zolton6
  3. #3,708Zygmund6
  4. #4,201Etta5
  5. #4,201Abby5
  6. #4,201Acey5
  7. #4,201Add5

Tied with 636 names at #4,201; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. 477Jonnie#1,332#855
  2. 433Jorge#1,425#992
  3. 410Faustino#1,390#980
  4. 404Adelbert#1,246#842
  5. 381Cameron#1,164#783
Fallers
  1. 531Okey#984#1,515
  2. 459Florentino#973#1,432
  3. 407Rexford#924#1,331
  4. 380Marshal#973#1,353
  5. 378Coolidge#746#1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1926