Etha
Last seen for girls in 1973 at #8,423
- Peak · girls
- 1894 · 31 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,802since 1880
Etha over time
Rank among girls' names. Etha has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
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| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 |
| 1948 | #2,701 | 14 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 |
| 1946 | #2,739 | 13 |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 |
| 1944 | #2,096 | 17 |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 |
| 1942 | #2,311 | 15 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 |
| 1940 | #1,845 | 19 |
| 1939 | #2,592 | 11 |
| 1938 | #2,021 | 16 |
| 1937 | #1,389 | 28 |
| 1936 | #1,296 | 31 |
| 1935 | #1,331 | 30 |
| 1934 | #2,087 | 15 |
| 1933 | #1,658 | 21 |
| 1932 | #1,488 | 26 |
| 1931 | #1,803 | 19 |
| 1930 | #1,607 | 24 |
| 1929 | #1,704 | 22 |
| 1928 | #1,223 | 39 |
| 1927 | #1,486 | 30 |
| 1926 | #1,262 | 38 |
| 1925 | #1,210 | 41 |
| 1924 | #1,206 | 43 |
| 1923 | #1,283 | 37 |
| 1922 | #1,309 | 36 |
| 1921 | #1,092 | 48 |
| 1920 | #989 | 55 |
| 1919 | #1,090 | 45 |
| 1918 | #1,073 | 46 |
| 1917 | #1,162 | 38 |
| 1916 | #964 | 50 |
| 1915 | #917 | 52 |
| 1914 | #901 | 42 |
| 1913 | #840 | 39 |
| 1912 | #903 | 31 |
| 1911 | #811 | 28 |
| 1910 | #1,030 | 18 |
| 1909 | #791 | 26 |
| 1908 | #912 | 19 |
| 1907 | #1,092 | 13 |
| 1906 | #793 | 21 |
| 1905 | #872 | 18 |
| 1904 | #1,001 | 13 |
| 1903 | #734 | 21 |
| 1902 | #849 | 17 |
| 1901 | #723 | 20 |
| 1900 | #634 | 31 |
| 1899 | #680 | 21 |
| 1898 | #750 | 20 |
| 1897 | #584 | 27 |
| 1896 | #728 | 19 |
| 1895 | #858 | 14 |
| 1894 | #516 | 31 |
| 1893 | #594 | 23 |
| 1892 | #796 | 14 |
| 1891 | #727 | 14 |
| 1890 | #872 | 10 |
| 1889 | #641 | 16 |
| 1888 | #724 | 13 |
| 1887 | #693 | 11 |
| 1886 | #572 | 15 |
| 1885 | #576 | 14 |
| 1884 | #520 | 16 |
| 1883 | #615 | 10 |
| 1882 | #813 | 6 |
| 1881 | #679 | 7 |
| 1880 | #580 | 9 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Etha was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1965–1967, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Etha is popular in 1897
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Etha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1973
- Biggest jump: 219 spots in 1911 (#1,030 → #811)
- Biggest drop: 342 spots in 1895 (#516 → #858)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1894 at #516 (31 births)
- Births halved by 1895, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1880–1903
- Highest: 1 in 7,191 girls born in 1894 were named Etha (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 291,642 girls born in 1973 (0.00%)
- 21.6% of all girls named Etha (389) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 117 | #520 (1884) | #641 |
| 1890s | 193 | #516 (1894) | #711 |
| 1900s | 199 | #634 (1900) | #840 |
| 1910s | 389 | #811 (1911) | #969 |
| 1920s | 389 | #989 (1920) | #1,276 |
| 1930s | 221 | #1,296 (1936) | #1,727 |
| 1940s | 136 | #1,845 (1940) | #2,606 |
| 1950s | 96 | #2,921 (1953) | #4,036 |
| 1960s | 52 | #4,009 (1961) | #5,490 |
| 1970s | 10 | #8,324 (1971) | #8,374 |
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.
Etha in 1897
Top girls' names in 1897
More about 1897
girls
234,200 girls got a published name in 1897; 1 in 8,674 of them was named Etha, which outranked 67.5% of the 1,799 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).