Ethelene
Last seen for girls in 1969 at #6,617
- Peak · girls
- 1925 · 66 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,837since 1901
Ethelene over time
Rank among girls' names. Ethelene has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 |
| 1956 | #2,321 | 23 |
| 1955 | #3,225 | 13 |
| 1954 | #2,076 | 26 |
| 1953 | #2,301 | 21 |
| 1952 | #2,327 | 20 |
| 1951 | #1,968 | 25 |
| 1950 | #2,053 | 22 |
| 1949 | #1,697 | 31 |
| 1948 | #1,708 | 30 |
| 1947 | #1,897 | 26 |
| 1946 | #1,678 | 28 |
| 1945 | #1,743 | 23 |
| 1944 | #1,293 | 38 |
| 1943 | #1,228 | 43 |
| 1942 | #1,300 | 38 |
| 1941 | #1,418 | 30 |
| 1940 | #1,132 | 41 |
| 1939 | #1,022 | 48 |
| 1938 | #1,091 | 43 |
| 1937 | #1,099 | 42 |
| 1936 | #993 | 48 |
| 1935 | #1,135 | 38 |
| 1934 | #925 | 55 |
| 1933 | #1,038 | 45 |
| 1932 | #989 | 51 |
| 1931 | #1,074 | 43 |
| 1930 | #983 | 56 |
| 1929 | #1,042 | 49 |
| 1928 | #1,029 | 53 |
| 1927 | #990 | 59 |
| 1926 | #1,220 | 40 |
| 1925 | #913 | 66 |
| 1924 | #1,138 | 47 |
| 1923 | #928 | 62 |
| 1922 | #939 | 62 |
| 1921 | #1,035 | 53 |
| 1920 | #1,103 | 46 |
| 1919 | #1,121 | 43 |
| 1918 | #1,255 | 36 |
| 1917 | #1,431 | 27 |
| 1916 | #1,278 | 32 |
| 1915 | #1,672 | 20 |
| 1914 | #1,228 | 25 |
| 1913 | #1,528 | 15 |
| 1912 | #1,421 | 15 |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 |
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| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 |
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| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Ethelene! It came in at #1,466, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1902–1903, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Ethelene is popular in 1934
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#378 · 1 in 4,050
- Virginia#394 · 1 in 4,593
- Georgia#400 · 1 in 4,328
- Tennessee#406 · 1 in 4,462
- Texas#816 · 1 in 9,531
Best ever in a state: #293 in Georgia, 1929.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| North Carolina | #378 | 9 | 1 in 4,050 |
| Virginia | #394 | 5 | 1 in 4,593 |
| Georgia | #400 | 7 | 1 in 4,328 |
| Tennessee | #406 | 6 | 1 in 4,462 |
| Texas | #816 | 6 | 1 in 9,531 |
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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 Ethelene
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1969
- Biggest jump: 230 spots in 1927 (#1,220 → #990)
- Biggest drop: 307 spots in 1926 (#913 → #1,220)
- Debuted 1901
- Peaked 1925 at #913 (66 births)
- Births halved by 1941, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1922–1923
- Highest: 1 in 18,445 girls born in 1925 were named Ethelene (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 281,169 girls born in 1969 (0.00%)
- 29.2% of all girls named Ethelene (537) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 19 | #1,466 (1901) | #1,629 |
| 1910s | 227 | #1,121 (1919) | #1,483 |
| 1920s | 537 | #913 (1925) | #1,034 |
| 1930s | 469 | #925 (1934) | #1,035 |
| 1940s | 328 | #1,132 (1940) | #1,509 |
| 1950s | 180 | #1,968 (1951) | #2,900 |
| 1960s | 77 | #3,608 (1961) | #5,051 |
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.
Ethelene in 1934
Top girls' names in 1934
More about 1934
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1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 18,986 of them was named Ethelene, which outranked 81.4% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #917Nancie56
- #917Nanette56
- #917Tressie56
- #925Ethelene55
- #925Dean55
- #925Golda55
- #925Hortense55
- #938Amalia54
- #938Audry54
- #938Clarissa54
Tied with 12 names at #925; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.