Ethelyne — girls' name
292 babies named Ethelyne in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Ethelyne was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Ethelyne in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ethelyne
The Social Security Administration has registered 292 babies named Ethelyne between 1911 and 1949, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ethelyne currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1949. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ethelyne performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 123 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ethelyne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ethelyne in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ethelyne 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 292 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.
Ethelyne at a glance
Last recorded 1949Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ethelyne popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–1911
- Peak year (1918)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1949.
292 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 18 births in a single year.
Ethelyne by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 123 births that decade — 42% of Ethelyne's all-time total
Ethelyne decade highlights
- Peak decade 123 births
- Runner-up 105 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Ethelyne's strongest decade
123 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Ethelyne by state
Where Ethelyne concentrates geographically — total births since 1911
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 2.1% |
6 of 292 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1911–1949 (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.