Girls' name · since 1919
Ethelynn
18 babies named Ethelynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #46,937 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1919
- 1910s
- peak decade
18 girls have been named Ethelynn since 1919, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Ethelynn has 18 recorded births among girls since 1919, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 1939.
- #46,937 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 18 born since 1919
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ethelynn ranks #46,937 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 1919, peaking in the 1910s.
- #46,937 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1919
- 1910s
- peak decade
Ethelynn's 18 recorded births place it above 34.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ethelynn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ethelynn's SSA record in two at 1923 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1923, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1919 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ethelynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–1939
- Peak year (1919)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Ethelynn by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (7 births, 39% of the file).
1910s was Ethelynn's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Ethelynn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
7 births
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 7 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Ethelynn's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (7 total births) through the 1930s (6) -- 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 Ethelynn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~20 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, 1919–1939 (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 Ethelynn 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.