Ethie — girls' name
86 babies named Ethie in U.S. Social Security records since 1884, with the highest year being 1890. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Ethie was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Ethie in 1890 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ethie
The Social Security Administration has registered 86 babies named Ethie between 1884 and 1919, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ethie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1919. The name reached its historical peak in 1890, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ethie performed strongest in the 1890s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ethie shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ethie 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 86 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.
Ethie at a glance
Last recorded 1919Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ethie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–1884
- Peak year (1890)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1919.
86 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1890 with 9 births in a single year.
Ethie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1890s
- 31 births that decade — 36% of Ethie's all-time total
Ethie decade highlights
- Peak decade 31 births
- Runner-up 30 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1890s was Ethie's strongest decade
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% 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, 1884–1919 (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.