Girls' name · since 1880
Easter
5,513 babies named Easter in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,413 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 5,513
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Easter sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 5,513 recorded since 1880.
Easter has 5,513 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2017.
- #2,413 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 5,513 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Easter ranks #2,413 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 5,513 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #2,413 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 5,513
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Easter's 5,513 recorded births place it above 96.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
16 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Mississippi.
Easter's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Easter's full recorded timeline at 1943, 28% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 72% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1925 peak of 133 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Easter popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2017
- Peak year (1925)
- 133
- Annual births at peak, across 138 years of records
Easter popularity over time - boys
66 total births recorded since 1914 (Easter as boys' name)
Easter by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (1,141 births, 21% of the file).
1920s was Easter's strongest decade.
1,141 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Easter births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 154
1880s
154 births
- 1890s 295
1890s
295 births
- 1900s 412
1900s
412 births
- 1910s
1910s
901 births
- 1920s
1920s
1,141 births
- 1930s
1930s
820 births
- 1940s
1940s
618 births
- 1950s
1950s
522 births
- 1960s 286
1960s
286 births
- 1970s 152
1970s
152 births
- 1980s 106
1980s
106 births
- 1990s 61
1990s
61 births
- 2000s 29
2000s
29 births
- 2010s 16
2010s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 1,141 births (21% of all-time use).
How Easter compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Easter's total volume
Easter by state
Where Easter concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 482 | 8.7% |
| #2 | Alabama | | 381 | 6.9% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 343 | 6.2% |
| #4 | South Carolina | | 285 | 5.2% |
| #5 | Kentucky | | 223 | 4.0% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 216 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Arkansas | | 191 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 175 | 3.2% |
482 of 5,513 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Easter appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Easter's data
- Easter's decade-level peak was the 1920s (1,141 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Mississippi records the most Easters (482 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Mississippi names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Easter: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1925)
Similar record span (~137 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Easter draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.