Girls' name · since 1900
Etheline
473 babies named Etheline in U.S. Social Security records since 1900, with the highest year being 1935. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,270 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 473
- born since 1900
- 1920s
- peak decade
Etheline is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 473 have been recorded since 1900.
Etheline has 473 recorded births among girls since 1900, 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 1900 to 1968.
- #12,270 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 473 born since 1900
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Etheline ranks #12,270 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 473 born since 1900, peaking in the 1920s.
- #12,270 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 473
- born since 1900
- 1920s
- peak decade
Etheline's 473 recorded births place it above 83.01% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Etheline's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Etheline splits its recorded history at 1931: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1900 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1935 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Etheline popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1900–1968
- Peak year (1935)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 69 years of records
Etheline by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (157 births, 33% of the file).
1920s was Etheline's strongest decade.
157 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Etheline births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
93 births
- 1920s
1920s
157 births
- 1930s
1930s
121 births
- 1940s
1940s
73 births
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 157 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Etheline's decade-level peak was the 1920s (157 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Etheline: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1935)
Similar record span (~68 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, 1900–1968 (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 Etheline 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.