Ethelyn

Where Ethelyn comes from

Ethelyn hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #449 among girls with 14 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  2. 1897
    Ethelyn Gibson born
    American actress
  3. 1966
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #5,273.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Ethelyn Gibson · American actress, 1897–1972

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.