Ethelmae — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ethelmae

The Social Security Administration has registered 314 babies named Ethelmae between 1908 and 1941, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ethelmae currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1941. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ethelmae performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 147 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ethelmae shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ethelmae in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ethelmae 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 314 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.