Girls' name · since 1916
Ettamae
Since 1916, U.S. Social Security records show 101 babies named Ettamae, peaking in 1916. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,988 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 101
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Ettamae sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 101 recorded since 1916.
Ettamae has 101 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2022.
- #26,988 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 101 born since 1916
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ettamae ranks #26,988 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 101 born since 1916, peaking in the 1920s.
- #26,988 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 101
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Ettamae's 101 recorded births place it above 62.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ettamae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ettamae's full recorded timeline at 1923, 39% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 61% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1925, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1916 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ettamae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2022
- Peak year (1916)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 107 years of records
Ettamae by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (50 births, 50% of the file).
1920s was Ettamae's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Ettamae births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
35 births
- 1920s
1920s
50 births
- 1930s 10
1930s
10 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 50 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Ettamae's decade-level peak was the 1920s (50 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Ettamae: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~106 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, 1916–2022 (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 Ettamae 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.