Easter

Last seen for girls in 2017 at #15,902 · Last seen for boys in 1936 at #3,549
Given to girls 98.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1883 · 21 births
Debut · girls
12 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,513
since 1880

Easter over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Easter has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201906peak #411, 1883girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025——
2024——
2023——
2022——
2021——
2020——
2019——
2018——
2017#15,9025—
2016——
2015——
2014#16,5135—
2013——
2012——
2011——
2010#14,9596—
2009——
2008——
2007#13,9247—
2006#17,1685—
2005——
2004#16,0995—
2003#15,7845—
2002——
2001——
2000#11,8017—
1999——
1998#11,1387—
1997#13,7245—
1996#11,8076—
1995——
1994#8,12210—
1993#9,5598—
1992#10,4797—
1991#8,5889—
1990#8,5019—
1989#6,16013—
1988#10,3866—
1987#6,78810—
1986#7,1349—
1985#4,63516—
1984#4,73715—
1983#9,0156—
1982#6,8889—
1981#5,25413—
1980#6,7899—
1979#4,23117—
1978#4,45915—
1977#3,26723—
1976#6,0489—
1975#5,16111—
1974#4,72012—
1973#3,97115—
1972#3,17720—
1971#3,94315—
1970#3,87215—
1969#4,41811—
1968#2,70822—
1967#2,43225—
1966#2,30827—
1965#2,06432—
1964#2,04034—
1963#2,42425—
1962#2,46324—
1961#1,78841—
1960#1,67345—
1959#1,72041—
1958#1,58845—
1957#1,35861—
1956#1,66241—
1955#1,32058—
1954#1,34455—
1953#1,37350—
1952#1,38649—
1951#1,23956—
1950#1,13566—
1949#1,05073—
1948#1,23854—
1947#1,14162—
1946#1,19252—
1945#1,03256—
1944#1,14047—
1943#1,12451—
1942#88777—
1941#89467—
1940#79579—
1939#74085—
1938#77182—
1937#82469—
1936#72185#3,5495
1935#84067—
1934#71786—
1933#76175#3,2686
1932#70393—
1931#76177—
1930#685101#4,0015
1929#698100#3,5596
1928#673107#3,3577
1927#693110—
1926#647124#3,7086
1925#635133—
1924#698113#4,3475
1923#74696—
1922#656124#3,8726
1921#704111—
1920#650123#4,2865
1919#616129—
1918#632125—
1917#71394#3,9815
1916#677102—
1915#70489#3,8255
1914#59093#3,2645
1913#60673—
1912#55975—
1911#58354—
1910#49567—
1909#53151—
1908#59340—
1907#48654—
1906#57837—
1905#51044—
1904#57634—
1903#52238—
1902#64826—
1901#47540—
1900#48948—
1899#51433—
1898#61927—
1897#52132—
1896#46239—
1895#53830—
1894#56826—
1893#56125—
1892#46534—
1891#55922—
1890#49927—
1889#9508—
1888#51224—
1887#56016—
1886#57215—
1885#48419—
1884#52016—
1883#41121—
1882#53012—
1881#50311—
1880#49212—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Easter was already there! It came in at #492, and was given to 12 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1995, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Easter is popular in 1906

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Easter
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2017
  • Biggest jump: 451 spots in 1890 (#950 → #499)
  • Biggest drop: 438 spots in 1889 (#512 → #950)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #411 (21 births)
  • Births halved by 1889, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 63 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1880–1942
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,349
  • Highest: 1 in 5,349 girls born in 1883 were named Easter (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 345,292 girls born in 2017 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 20.7% of all girls named Easter (1,141) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s154#411 (1883)#553
1890s295#462 (1896)#531
1900s412#475 (1901)#541
1910s901#495 (1910)#618
1920s1,141#635 (1925)#680
1930s820#685 (1930)#752
1940s618#795 (1940)#1,049
1950s522#1,135 (1950)#1,413
1960s286#1,673 (1960)#2,432
1970s152#3,177 (1972)#4,285
1980s106#4,635 (1985)#6,779
1990s61#8,122 (1994)#10,240
2000s29#11,801 (2000)#14,955
2010s16#14,959 (2010)#15,791

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Easter in 1906

girls
#578
37 births · 1 in 7,981 girls

Top girls' names in 1906

  1. #1Mary16,370
  2. #2Helen7,176
  3. #3Margaret6,096
  4. #4Anna5,502
  5. #5Ruth5,140
  6. #6Dorothy4,326
  7. #7Elizabeth4,320
  8. #8Alice4,192
  9. #9Mildred3,873
  10. #10Florence3,691
  11. #578Easter37
More about 1906

girls

295,297 girls got a published name in 1906; 1 in 7,981 of them was named Easter, which outranked 74.0% of the 2,220 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Easter
  1. #570Queenie38
  2. #570Tena38
  3. #570Viva38
  4. #578Easter37
  5. #578Crystal37
  6. #578Florida37
  7. #578Ira37
  8. #595Adelia36
  9. #595Almeda36
  10. #595Mabelle36

Tied with 16 names at #578; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1905
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,036Lavera#1,931 → #895
  2. ↑ 1,014Luberta#1,931 → #917
  3. ↑ 1,014Williemae#1,931 → #917
  4. ↑ 851Evelyne#1,696 → #845
  5. ↑ 851Gregoria#1,696 → #845
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,126Dulcie#825 → #1,951
  2. ↓ 1,051Zelpha#900 → #1,951
  3. ↓ 930Sydney#797 → #1,727
  4. ↓ 855Lester#872 → #1,727
  5. ↓ 801Alvira#926 → #1,727

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1906 →