Eathel — girls' name
763 babies named Eathel in U.S. Social Security records since 1884, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Eathel was born in this single decade.
36 babies were named Eathel in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Eathel
The Social Security Administration has registered 763 babies named Eathel between 1884 and 1953, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Eathel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1953. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 36 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Eathel performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 238 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Eathel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Arkansas, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Eathel in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Eathel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 763 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Eathel at a glance
Last recorded 1953Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Eathel popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1884
- Peak year (1916)
- 36
- Annual births at peak — across 70 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1953.
763 total births across 70 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 36 births in a single year.
Eathel popularity over time — boys
21 total births recorded since 1916 (Eathel as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Eathel accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Eathel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 238 births that decade — 31% of Eathel's all-time total
Eathel decade highlights
- Peak decade 238 births
- Runner-up 183 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Eathel's strongest decade
238 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Eathel by state
Where Eathel concentrates geographically — total births since 1884
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Arkansas | | 23 | 3.0% |
| #2 | Missouri | | 14 | 1.8% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.7% |
23 of 763 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Arkansas 3.0% of nationwide
- Missouri 1.8% of nationwide
- Louisiana 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Arkansas accounts for 3.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1884–1953 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.