Girls' name · since 2022
Ethena
Since 2022, U.S. Social Security records show 15 babies named Ethena, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #49,666 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,863 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 15
- born since 2022
- 2020s
- peak decade
15 babies have been named Ethena since 2022, making it today's #16863 girls' name.
Ethena has 15 recorded births among girls since 2022, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #16863 as of the latest data, more common than 3% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2022 to 2025.
- #49,666 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,863 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 15 born since 2022
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ethena ranks #49,666 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,863 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 15 born since 2022, peaking in the 2020s.
- #49,666 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,863 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 15
- born since 2022
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ethena's 15 recorded births place it above 30.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ethena compares
15 5th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ethena's all-time total is 96% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ethena | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 15 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 5 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ethena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ethena's full recorded timeline at 2024, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2022, with just 5 recorded births.
Ethena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Currently ranks #16863 among girls.
15 total births across 4 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 5 births in a single year.
Ethena by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (15 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Ethena's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Ethena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 15 births (100% of all-time use).
Ethena decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ethena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~3 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, 2022–2025 (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 Ethena 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.
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