Girls' name · since 1915
Ethell
115 babies named Ethell in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,604 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 115
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Ethell sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 115 recorded since 1915.
Social Security Administration records show Ethell recorded 115 times among girls since 1915, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1948.
- #25,604 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 115 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ethell ranks #25,604 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 115 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #25,604 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 115
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Ethell's 115 recorded births place it above 64.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ethell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ethell splits its recorded history at 1929: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1919 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1916 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ethell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1948
- Peak year (1916)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Ethell by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (38 births, 33% of the file).
1920s was Ethell's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Ethell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
32 births
- 1920s
1920s
38 births
- 1930s
1930s
29 births
- 1940s
1940s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 38 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Ethell's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (38 total births) through the 1940s (16) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ethell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1915–1948 (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 Ethell 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.