Etter — girls' name

What the Data Says About Etter

The Social Security Administration has registered 476 babies named Etter between 1880 and 1960, spanning 81 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Etter currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1960. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Etter performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 113 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Etter shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Arkansas, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Etter in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Etter 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 476 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.