Ethlyn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ethlyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 667 babies named Ethlyn between 1884 and 1958, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ethlyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1958. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ethlyn performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 218 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Ethlyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ethlyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ethlyn 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 667 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.