Girls' name · since 1972
Etty
767 babies named Etty in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,999 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,103 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 767
- born since 1972
- 2010s
- peak decade
Etty currently ranks #4103 among girls' names in America, with 767 babies recorded since 1972.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Etty has been recorded 767 times among girls since 1972, currently ranked #4103 nationally and more common than 76% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2025.
- #8,999 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,103 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 767 born since 1972
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Etty ranks #8,999 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,103 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 767 born since 1972, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,999 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,103 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 767
- born since 1972
- 2010s
- peak decade
Etty's 767 recorded births place it above 87.55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Etty compares
767 Top 37% higher than 63% 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
Etty's all-time total is 104% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Etty | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 767 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 42 | 21 | 19,840 |
Etty's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Etty's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 74% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 26%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1972, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2019 peak of 42, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Etty popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 42
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Etty by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (268 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Etty's strongest decade.
268 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Etty births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 27
1980s
27 births
- 1990s 84
1990s
84 births
- 2000s
2000s
171 births
- 2010s
2010s
268 births
- 2020s
2020s
212 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 268 births (35% of all-time use).
How Etty 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 Etty's total volume
Etty by state
Where Etty concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 589 | 76.8% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 32 | 4.2% |
589 of 767 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Etty's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (268 total births) through the 2020s (212) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Ettys (589 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Etty: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~53 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, 1972–2025 (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 Etty 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.