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
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 323 births
- Debut · girls
- 323 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 15 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 43,268since 1880
Etta over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #928 | 281 | — | |
| 2024 | #970 | 267 | — | |
| 2023 | #936 | 283 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,015 | 256 | — | |
| 2021 | #931 | 285 | — | |
| 2020 | #924 | 279 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,010 | 254 | — | |
| 2018 | #956 | 276 | — | |
| 2017 | #988 | 263 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,030 | 257 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,082 | 242 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,173 | 209 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,178 | 204 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,629 | 132 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,190 | 86 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,341 | 81 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,592 | 71 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,017 | 57 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,983 | 39 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,469 | 46 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,113 | 25 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,707 | 28 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,943 | 25 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,280 | 29 | — | |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | — | |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,065 | 19 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,671 | 21 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,523 | 21 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,670 | 19 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,690 | 25 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,283 | 19 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,645 | 23 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,282 | 18 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,874 | 20 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,431 | 23 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,093 | 28 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,447 | 39 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,506 | 23 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,525 | 36 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,516 | 34 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,381 | 37 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,292 | 36 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,097 | 41 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,820 | 48 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,267 | 34 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,565 | 59 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,500 | 67 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,505 | 66 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,325 | 73 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,042 | 100 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,093 | 91 | — | |
| 1966 | #955 | 113 | — | |
| 1965 | #887 | 127 | — | |
| 1964 | #835 | 157 | — | |
| 1963 | #764 | 181 | — | |
| 1962 | #729 | 200 | — | |
| 1961 | #721 | 207 | — | |
| 1960 | #696 | 214 | — | |
| 1959 | #698 | 206 | — | |
| 1958 | #623 | 247 | — | |
| 1957 | #648 | 229 | — | |
| 1956 | #588 | 258 | — | |
| 1955 | #559 | 264 | — | |
| 1954 | #584 | 240 | — | |
| 1953 | #557 | 246 | — | |
| 1952 | #545 | 249 | — | |
| 1951 | #524 | 252 | — | |
| 1950 | #477 | 289 | — | |
| 1949 | #435 | 332 | — | |
| 1948 | #429 | 343 | — | |
| 1947 | #444 | 342 | — | |
| 1946 | #401 | 360 | — | |
| 1945 | #378 | 345 | — | |
| 1944 | #363 | 369 | — | |
| 1943 | #349 | 419 | — | |
| 1942 | #326 | 448 | — | |
| 1941 | #322 | 413 | — | |
| 1940 | #305 | 426 | — | |
| 1939 | #307 | 408 | — | |
| 1938 | #292 | 461 | — | |
| 1937 | #296 | 443 | — | |
| 1936 | #285 | 449 | — | |
| 1935 | #284 | 458 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #275 | 499 | — | |
| 1933 | #270 | 514 | — | |
| 1932 | #275 | 504 | — | |
| 1931 | #273 | 518 | — | |
| 1930 | #271 | 551 | — | |
| 1929 | #256 | 614 | — | |
| 1928 | #267 | 583 | — | |
| 1927 | #260 | 648 | — | |
| 1926 | #257 | 655 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #246 | 731 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #247 | 725 | — | |
| 1923 | #238 | 742 | — | |
| 1922 | #243 | 720 | — | |
| 1921 | #244 | 740 | — | |
| 1920 | #230 | 803 | — | |
| 1919 | #230 | 742 | — | |
| 1918 | #229 | 755 | — | |
| 1917 | #224 | 750 | — | |
| 1916 | #222 | 742 | — | |
| 1915 | #215 | 766 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | #216 | 581 | — | |
| 1913 | #197 | 542 | — | |
| 1912 | #192 | 510 | — | |
| 1911 | #173 | 434 | — | |
| 1910 | #165 | 430 | — | |
| 1909 | #166 | 367 | — | |
| 1908 | #162 | 400 | — | |
| 1907 | #157 | 407 | — | |
| 1906 | #155 | 384 | — | |
| 1905 | #150 | 397 | — | |
| 1904 | #160 | 343 | — | |
| 1903 | #134 | 416 | — | |
| 1902 | #139 | 400 | — | |
| 1901 | #134 | 381 | — | |
| 1900 | #123 | 508 | — | |
| 1899 | #123 | 394 | — | |
| 1898 | #112 | 479 | — | |
| 1897 | #109 | 467 | — | |
| 1896 | #107 | 484 | — | |
| 1895 | #112 | 445 | — | |
| 1894 | #97 | 519 | — | |
| 1893 | #98 | 486 | — | |
| 1892 | #97 | 492 | — | |
| 1891 | #94 | 452 | — | |
| 1890 | #95 | 452 | — | |
| 1889 | #87 | 465 | — | |
| 1888 | #82 | 500 | — | |
| 1887 | #78 | 437 | — | |
| 1886 | #79 | 433 | — | |
| 1885 | #83 | 372 | — | |
| 1884 | #75 | 423 | — | |
| 1883 | #80 | 352 | — | |
| 1882 | #75 | 352 | — | |
| 1881 | #73 | 316 | — | |
| 1880 | #72 | 323 | — | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #72 (323 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 84 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 15 yrs · run 1880–1894
- Top 1,000: 94 yrs · run 1880–1966
- Highest: 1 in 282 girls born in 1880 were named Etta (0.35%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,720 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 16.1% of all girls named Etta (6,961) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,973 | #72 (1880) | #78 |
| 1890s | 4,670 | #94 (1891) | #104 |
| 1900s | 4,003 | #123 (1900) | #148 |
| 1910s | 6,252 | #165 (1910) | #206 |
| 1920s | 6,961 | #230 (1920) | #249 |
| 1930s | 4,805 | #270 (1933) | #283 |
| 1940s | 3,797 | #305 (1940) | #375 |
| 1950s | 2,480 | #477 (1950) | #580 |
| 1960s | 1,463 | #696 (1960) | #905 |
| 1970s | 458 | #1,500 (1971) | #2,047 |
| 1980s | 237 | #2,447 (1981) | #3,692 |
| 1990s | 172 | #4,523 (1990) | #5,628 |
| 2000s | 342 | #2,592 (2009) | #5,097 |
| 2010s | 2,004 | #956 (2018) | #1,358 |
| 2020s | 1,651 | #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 1935
Top girls' names in 1935
Top boys' names in 1935
More about 1935
girls
1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 2,289 of them was named Etta, which outranked 94.2% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #281Nelda473
- #282Lenora462
- #283Iva459
- #284Etta458
- #284Veronica458
- #286Natalie457
- #287Janis448
- #288Sherry436
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 2,736Norita#3,449 → #713
- ↑ 1,073Shelby#1,913 → #840
- ↑ 672Darla#1,344 → #672
- ↑ 396Shirleyann#1,292 → #896
- ↑ 375Loris#1,236 → #861
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,041,351 boys got a published name in 1935; 1 in 173,559 of them was named Etta, which outranked 21.6% of the 4,146 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).