Girls' name · since 1880
Ettie
1,864 babies named Ettie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1891. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,921 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,863 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,864
- born since 1880
- 1890s
- peak decade
1,864 babies have been named Ettie since 1880, making it today's #8863 girls' name.
Ettie has 1,864 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8863 as of the latest data, more common than 49% of girls, busiest in the 1890s -- 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.
- #4,921 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,863 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,864 born since 1880
- 1890s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ettie ranks #4,921 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,863 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,864 born since 1880, peaking in the 1890s.
- #4,921 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,863 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,864
- born since 1880
- 1890s
- peak decade
Ettie's 1,864 recorded births place it above 93.19% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Ettie compares
1,864 Top 23% higher than 77% 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
Ettie's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ettie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,864 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 46 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ettie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ettie's full recorded timeline at 1926, 28% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 72% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1950, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1891 peak of 46 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ettie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1891)
- 46
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Ettie by decade
1890s is the heaviest window (361 births, 19% of the file).
1890s was Ettie's strongest decade.
361 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Ettie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
261 births
- 1890s
1890s
361 births
- 1900s
1900s
240 births
- 1910s
1910s
306 births
- 1920s
1920s
255 births
- 1930s
1930s
153 births
- 1940s 123
1940s
123 births
- 1950s 49
1950s
49 births
- 1960s 21
1960s
21 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 2010s 42
2010s
42 births
- 2020s 48
2020s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 1890s at 361 births (19% of all-time use).
How Ettie 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 Ettie's total volume
Ettie by state
Where Ettie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 44 | 2.4% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 21 | 1.1% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 10 | 0.5% |
| #4 | Kentucky | | 10 | 0.5% |
| #5 | New York | | 10 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #7 | Arkansas | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 5 | 0.3% |
44 of 1,864 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Ettie appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Ettie's data
- Ettie's decade-level peak was the 1890s (361 total births); usage has since declined to 48 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Etties (44 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ettie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1891)
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 Ettie 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.