Ethelreda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ethelreda

The Social Security Administration has registered 69 babies named Ethelreda between 1919 and 1932, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ethelreda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1932. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ethelreda performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 47 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ethelreda shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ethelreda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ethelreda 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 69 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.