Ethelwyn — girls' name
74 babies named Ethelwyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1899, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Ethelwyn was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Ethelwyn in 1917 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ethelwyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 74 babies named Ethelwyn between 1899 and 1938, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ethelwyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1938. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ethelwyn performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ethelwyn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ethelwyn 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 74 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.
Ethelwyn at a glance
Last recorded 1938Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ethelwyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–1899
- Peak year (1917)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1938.
74 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 8 births in a single year.
Ethelwyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 26 births that decade — 35% of Ethelwyn's all-time total
Ethelwyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 26 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Ethelwyn's strongest decade
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1899–1938 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.