Ethelee — girls' name
34 babies named Ethelee in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1928. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
68% of everyone ever named Ethelee was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Ethelee in 1928 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ethelee
The Social Security Administration has registered 34 babies named Ethelee between 1919 and 1931, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ethelee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1931. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ethelee performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ethelee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ethelee 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 34 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.
Ethelee at a glance
Last recorded 1931Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ethelee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1931–1919
- Peak year (1928)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1931.
34 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1928 with 7 births in a single year.
Ethelee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 23 births that decade — 68% of Ethelee's all-time total
Ethelee decade highlights
- Peak decade 23 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Ethelee's strongest decade
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 68% of all-time use.
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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, 1919–1931 (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.