Girls' name · since 1918
Ethylene
62 babies named Ethylene in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1927. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #32,467 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 62
- born since 1918
- 1930s
- peak decade
62 girls have been named Ethylene since 1918, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Ethylene has 62 recorded births among girls since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 1941.
- #32,467 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 62 born since 1918
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ethylene ranks #32,467 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 62 born since 1918, peaking in the 1930s.
- #32,467 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 62
- born since 1918
- 1930s
- peak decade
Ethylene's 62 recorded births place it above 54.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ethylene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ethylene's full recorded timeline at 1930, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1918, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1927 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ethylene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–1941
- Peak year (1927)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Ethylene by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (26 births, 42% of the file).
1930s was Ethylene's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Ethylene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
25 births
- 1930s
1930s
26 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 26 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Ethylene's decade-level peak was the 1930s (26 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1940s -- 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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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ethylene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1927)
Similar record span (~23 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, 1918–1941 (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 Ethylene 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.