Girls' name · since 1915
Etherine
60 babies named Etherine in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #32,829 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 60
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Etherine is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 60 have been recorded since 1915.
Etherine has 60 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1953.
- #32,829 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 60 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Etherine ranks #32,829 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 60 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #32,829 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 60
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Etherine's 60 recorded births place it above 54.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Etherine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Etherine splits its recorded history at 1933: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1915 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1925 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Etherine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1953
- Peak year (1925)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Etherine by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (23 births, 38% of the file).
1920s was Etherine's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Etherine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
23 births
- 1930s
1930s
12 births
- 1940s
1940s
13 births
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 23 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Etherine's decade-level peak was the 1920s (23 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Etherine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1925)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1915–1953 (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 Etherine 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.