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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201919peak #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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2017#15,9025—
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2014#16,5135—
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2011——
2010#14,9596—
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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 1919

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedNEMissouri: #457 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,827 girlsMOKentucky: #433 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,505 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedWVVirginia: #389 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,573 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedKSArkansas: #341 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,255 girlsARTennessee: #460 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,175 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #309 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,771 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #251 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,972 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #405 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,106 girlsLAMississippi: #294 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,989 girlsMSAlabama: #287 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,202 girlsALGeorgia: #275 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,185 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedHITexas: #640 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,762 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Easter, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Carolina#251 · 1 in 1,972
  2. Georgia#275 · 1 in 2,185
  3. Alabama#287 · 1 in 2,202
  4. Mississippi#294 · 1 in 1,989
  5. North Carolina#309 · 1 in 2,771

Best ever in a state: #190 in Arkansas, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#251121 in 1,972
Georgia#275171 in 2,185
Alabama#287141 in 2,202
Mississippi#294111 in 1,989
North Carolina#309131 in 2,771
Arkansas#34191 in 2,255
Virginia#38961 in 4,573
Louisiana#40571 in 3,106
Kentucky#43361 in 4,505
Missouri#45761 in 4,827
Tennessee#46051 in 5,175
Texas#64091 in 5,762
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1919

girls
#616
129 births · 1 in 8,761 girls

Top girls' names in 1919

  1. #1Mary65,836
  2. #2Helen33,706
  3. #3Dorothy31,733
  4. #4Margaret26,238
  5. #5Ruth24,562
  6. #6Mildred17,300
  7. #7Virginia15,636
  8. #8Elizabeth15,287
  9. #9Frances15,106
  10. #10Anna14,498
  11. #616Easter129
More about 1919

girls

1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 8,761 of them was named Easter, which outranked 88.9% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Easter
  1. #612Hulda131
  2. #614Aletha130
  3. #614Joe130
  4. #616Easter129
  5. #616Charles129
  6. #616Eldora129
  7. #619Albertha128
  8. #619Gretchen128
  9. #619Marvel128

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. ↑ 851Gregoria#1,805 → #954
  2. ↑ 443Concha#1,333 → #890
  3. ↑ 390Arlena#1,299 → #909
  4. ↑ 353Marina#1,255 → #902
  5. ↑ 333Roselle#1,333 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,019Liberty#585 → #1,604
  2. ↓ 840Victory#809 → #1,649
  3. ↓ 567Karen#960 → #1,527
  4. ↓ 404Zena#989 → #1,393
  5. ↓ 359Malvina#989 → #1,348

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

See the top 100 for 1919 →