Eithel — girls' name
182 babies named Eithel in U.S. Social Security records since 1894, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Eithel was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Eithel in 1915 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Eithel
The Social Security Administration has registered 182 babies named Eithel between 1894 and 1931, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Eithel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1931. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Eithel performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 76 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Eithel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Arkansas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Eithel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Eithel 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 182 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.
Eithel at a glance
Last recorded 1931Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Eithel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1931–1894
- Peak year (1915)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1931.
182 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1915 with 14 births in a single year.
Eithel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 76 births that decade — 42% of Eithel's all-time total
Eithel decade highlights
- Peak decade 76 births
- Runner-up 61 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Eithel's strongest decade
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Eithel by state
Where Eithel concentrates geographically — total births since 1894
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Arkansas | | 6 | 3.3% |
6 of 182 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Arkansas 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Arkansas accounts for 3.3% 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, 1894–1931 (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.