Etter
Etter was last recorded in 1960, when 5 babies were given it; 476 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 1960 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Etter by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Etter mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Etter is “a female given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Etter?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #6,649, in 1960; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
21 babies in 1921, the peak
Etter peaked in 1921, when 21 girls were given it, #1,942 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 5 | #6,649 | 2.5 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,436 | 4.1 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,784 | 3.8 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,558 | 4.4 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,909 | 5.5 |
| 1938 | 13 | #2,373 | 11.8 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,947 | 5.6 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,415 | 4.8 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,995 | 8.6 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,955 | 8.9 |
Every recorded year (52)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | 9 | #3,048 | 8.5 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,813 | 4.5 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,535 | 6.9 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,468 | 11.7 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,764 | 10.1 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,468 | 7.4 |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,198 | 8.3 |
| 1922 | 17 | #2,213 | 14.2 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,942 | 17.0 |
| 1920 | 17 | #2,202 | 14.2 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,423 | 12.4 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,878 | 9.5 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,953 | 9.2 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,541 | 11.5 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,437 | 12.2 |
| 1914 | 12 | #2,047 | 15.8 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,703 | 20.8 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,753 | 19.7 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,578 | 23.9 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,998 | 17.7 |
| 1909 | 11 | #1,318 | 31.7 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,586 | 23.9 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,432 | 28.3 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,465 | 27.1 |
| 1905 | 11 | #1,191 | 37.7 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,665 | 22.9 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,663 | 22.7 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,764 | 20.9 |
| 1900 | 12 | #1,128 | 40.0 |
| 1899 | 9 | #1,129 | 38.6 |
| 1898 | 10 | #1,126 | 38.6 |
| 1897 | 10 | #1,061 | 42.7 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,662 | 21.0 |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,341 | 30.0 |
| 1893 | 8 | #1,119 | 37.6 |
| 1892 | 10 | #978 | 47.1 |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,031 | 42.0 |
| 1888 | 8 | #980 | 44.8 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,196 | 34.3 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,163 | 34.6 |
| 1885 | 6 | #963 | 45.1 |
| 1880 | 5 | #864 | 54.9 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Etter a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Etter has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 52 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Etter: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Etter, and how old are they?
An estimated 30 Americans named Etter and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026, too few to state an age range. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Etter
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Etter and names like it
- Compare Etter and HessieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sEtter peaked in 1921.
- Arkansas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Etter since 1910.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Etter.
- Names starting with EMost given first.