Girls' name · since 1939
Ethelrene
Ethelrene has 10 recorded births since 1939 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1939 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #55,215 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1939
- 1930s
- peak decade
Ethelrene sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 10 recorded since 1939.
Ethelrene has 10 recorded births among girls since 1939, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1939 to 1952.
- #55,215 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 10 born since 1939
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ethelrene ranks #55,215 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 1939, peaking in the 1930s.
- #55,215 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1939
- 1930s
- peak decade
Ethelrene's 10 recorded births place it above 21.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ethelrene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ethelrene's SSA record in two at 1952 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1939, with only 5 births recorded.
Ethelrene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1939–1952
- Peak year (1939)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Ethelrene by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (5 births, 50% of the file).
1930s was Ethelrene's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Ethelrene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 5 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Ethelrene's usage has stayed within range of its 1930s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 1950s (5) -- 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 Ethelrene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1939)
Similar record span (~13 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, 1939–1952 (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 Ethelrene 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.