Etna — girls' name

What the Data Says About Etna

The Social Security Administration has registered 676 babies named Etna between 1880 and 1958, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Etna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1958. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Etna performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 151 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Etna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 14 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Etna in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Etna 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 676 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.