Ethyle — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ethyle

The Social Security Administration has registered 437 babies named Ethyle between 1890 and 1940, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ethyle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1940. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ethyle performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 153 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ethyle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Iowa, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Ethyle in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ethyle 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 437 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.