Etter

Last seen for girls in 1960 at #6,390

Peak · girls
1880 · 5 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
476
since 1880

Etter over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Etter has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201885peak #836, 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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1960#6,3905
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1950#4,3157
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1944#4,5745
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1940#4,3495
1939#3,7826
1938#2,34013
1937#3,8006
1936#4,1815
1935#2,9269
1934
1933#2,8689
1932
1931#2,9729
1930
1929#4,5705
1928#3,4368
1927#2,43314
1926#2,70812
1925#3,3629
1924
1923#3,12510
1922#2,18617
1921#1,92721
1920#2,17217
1919#2,38414
1918#2,82211
1917#2,87910
1916#2,49812
1915#2,38412
1914#2,00912
1913#1,67013
1912#1,71911
1911#1,54510
1910#1,9357
1909#1,29011
1908#1,5478
1907#1,3849
1906#1,4168
1905#1,16211
1904
1903#1,5926
1902#1,5946
1901#1,6795
1900#1,10612
1899#1,0999
1898#1,09810
1897#1,03710
1896#1,5835
1895#1,2997
1894
1893#1,0918
1892#95810
1891
1890#1,0068
1889
1888#9598
1887#1,1475
1886#1,1085
1885#9216
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1880#8365
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Etter was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1884, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Etter
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1960
  • Biggest jump: 188 spots in 1888 (#1,147#959)
  • Biggest drop: 187 spots in 1886 (#921#1,108)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #836 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1880–1892
Share of babies · girls
1 in 18,199
  • Highest: 1 in 18,199 girls born in 1880 were named Etter (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 404,388 girls born in 1960 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 23.7% of all girls named Etter (113) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s29#836 (1880)#994
1890s67#958 (1892)#1,146
1900s76#1,106 (1900)#1,419
1910s112#1,545 (1911)#2,185
1920s113#1,927 (1921)#2,880
1930s57#2,340 (1938)#3,267
1940s10#4,349 (1940)#4,462
1950s7#4,315 (1950)#4,315
1960s5#6,390 (1960)#6,390

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.

Etter in 1885

girls
#921
6 births · 1 in 22,176 girls

Top girls' names in 1885

  1. #1Mary9,128
  2. #2Anna3,994
  3. #3Emma2,728
  4. #4Elizabeth2,582
  5. #5Margaret2,204
  6. #6Minnie2,178
  7. #7Clara1,910
  8. #8Bertha1,860
  9. #9Ida1,854
  10. #10Annie1,703
  11. #921Etter6
More about 1885

girls

133,055 girls got a published name in 1885; 1 in 22,176 of them was named Etter, which outranked 23.1% of the 1,197 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Etter
  1. #842Yetta7
  2. #842Zada7
  3. #842Zadie7
  4. #921Etter6
  5. #921Agness6
  6. #921Albert6
  7. #921Alvira6
  8. #1,047Abby5
  9. #1,047Alcie5
  10. #1,047Alexina5

Tied with 125 names at #921; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1884
Risers
  1. 467Lonnie#1,024#557
  2. 430Theodora#930#500
  3. 395Malissie#1,024#629
  4. 366Arabella#1,024#658
  5. 366Bina#1,024#658
Fallers
  1. 458Sina#463#921
  2. 433Carlotta#614#1,047
  3. 433Felicia#614#1,047
  4. 433Fronie#614#1,047
  5. 433Paulina#614#1,047

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

See the top 100 for 1885