Girls' name · since 1880
Etna
681 babies named Etna in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,678 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,956 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 681
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Etna currently ranks #14956 among girls' names in America, with 681 babies recorded since 1880.
Etna has 681 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #14956 as of the latest data, more common than 14% of girls, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #9,678 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,956 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 681 born since 1880
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Etna ranks #9,678 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,956 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 681 born since 1880, peaking in the 1910s.
- #9,678 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,956 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 681
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Etna's 681 recorded births place it above 86.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Etna compares
681 Top 39% higher than 61% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Etna's all-time total is 81% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Etna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 681 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 21 | 19,840 |
Etna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Etna splits its recorded history at 1914: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1900 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1923 peak of 26 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Etna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1923)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Etna by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (151 births, 22% of the file).
1910s was Etna's strongest decade.
151 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Etna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
88 births
- 1890s
1890s
101 births
- 1900s
1900s
90 births
- 1910s
1910s
151 births
- 1920s
1920s
127 births
- 1930s
1930s
70 births
- 1940s 38
1940s
38 births
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 151 births (22% of all-time use).
How Etna compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Etna's total volume
Etna by state
Where Etna concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 14 | 2.1% |
14 of 681 births nationwide.
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What to do with Etna's data
- Etna's decade-level peak was the 1910s (151 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Etnas (14 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Etna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1923)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Etna 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.