Ethelyn
Last seen for girls in 2014 at #16,513
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 14 births
- Debut · girls
- 14 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,450since 1880
Ethelyn over time
Rank among girls' names. Ethelyn has never cracked the top 400 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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| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 |
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| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 |
| 1964 | #4,096 | 11 |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 |
| 1962 | #3,161 | 16 |
| 1961 | #3,460 | 14 |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 |
| 1958 | #2,449 | 22 |
| 1957 | #3,150 | 14 |
| 1956 | #2,826 | 17 |
| 1955 | #2,280 | 23 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 18 |
| 1953 | #2,017 | 26 |
| 1952 | #1,680 | 34 |
| 1951 | #1,637 | 34 |
| 1950 | #1,911 | 25 |
| 1949 | #1,882 | 26 |
| 1948 | #1,499 | 38 |
| 1947 | #1,488 | 40 |
| 1946 | #1,583 | 31 |
| 1945 | #1,621 | 26 |
| 1944 | #1,129 | 48 |
| 1943 | #1,275 | 41 |
| 1942 | #1,249 | 41 |
| 1941 | #1,065 | 47 |
| 1940 | #1,242 | 35 |
| 1939 | #1,179 | 38 |
| 1938 | #931 | 58 |
| 1937 | #882 | 61 |
| 1936 | #1,003 | 47 |
| 1935 | #925 | 56 |
| 1934 | #861 | 63 |
| 1933 | #820 | 66 |
| 1932 | #775 | 76 |
| 1931 | #768 | 76 |
| 1930 | #761 | 85 |
| 1929 | #725 | 94 |
| 1928 | #669 | 109 |
| 1927 | #687 | 111 |
| 1926 | #690 | 111 |
| 1925 | #647 | 128 |
| 1924 | #660 | 127 |
| 1923 | #682 | 119 |
| 1922 | #628 | 137 |
| 1921 | #599 | 146 |
| 1920 | #550 | 168 |
| 1919 | #704 | 99 |
| 1918 | #578 | 152 |
| 1917 | #520 | 164 |
| 1916 | #541 | 151 |
| 1915 | #513 | 147 |
| 1914 | #582 | 95 |
| 1913 | #579 | 77 |
| 1912 | #544 | 81 |
| 1911 | #496 | 69 |
| 1910 | #503 | 65 |
| 1909 | #574 | 45 |
| 1908 | #488 | 55 |
| 1907 | #564 | 42 |
| 1906 | #570 | 38 |
| 1905 | #609 | 33 |
| 1904 | #500 | 43 |
| 1903 | #596 | 30 |
| 1902 | #591 | 31 |
| 1901 | #645 | 24 |
| 1900 | #656 | 29 |
| 1899 | #606 | 26 |
| 1898 | #491 | 39 |
| 1897 | #594 | 26 |
| 1896 | #576 | 28 |
| 1895 | #578 | 27 |
| 1894 | #494 | 33 |
| 1893 | #687 | 18 |
| 1892 | #762 | 15 |
| 1891 | #589 | 20 |
| 1890 | #940 | 9 |
| 1889 | #724 | 13 |
| 1888 | #593 | 18 |
| 1887 | #608 | 14 |
| 1886 | #508 | 19 |
| 1885 | #557 | 15 |
| 1884 | #640 | 11 |
| 1883 | #561 | 12 |
| 1882 | #475 | 15 |
| 1881 | #503 | 11 |
| 1880 | #449 | 14 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ethelyn was already there! It came in at #449, and was given to 14 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1970–1971, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Ethelyn is popular in 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maine#126 · 1 in 520
- Iowa#333 · 1 in 2,957
- Minnesota#378 · 1 in 3,608
- Wisconsin#383 · 1 in 4,705
- Pennsylvania#383 · 1 in 6,376
Best ever in a state: #126 in Maine, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Maine | #126 | 11 | 1 in 520 |
| Iowa | #333 | 7 | 1 in 2,957 |
| Minnesota | #378 | 6 | 1 in 3,608 |
| Pennsylvania | #383 | 14 | 1 in 6,376 |
| Wisconsin | #383 | 5 | 1 in 4,705 |
| Massachusetts | #399 | 5 | 1 in 6,654 |
| Michigan | #420 | 6 | 1 in 5,378 |
| New York | #426 | 12 | 1 in 7,831 |
| Louisiana | #440 | 5 | 1 in 3,546 |
| Illinois | #451 | 9 | 1 in 6,436 |
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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 Ethelyn
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2014
- Biggest jump: 351 spots in 1891 (#940 → #589)
- Biggest drop: 248 spots in 1939 (#931 → #1,179)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #449 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 86 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 58 yrs · run 1880–1935
- Highest: 1 in 6,062 girls born in 1911 were named Ethelyn (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 357,271 girls born in 2014 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #449 in 1880, was only 1 in 6,500 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 28.1% of all girls named Ethelyn (1,250) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 142 | #449 (1880) | #562 |
| 1890s | 241 | #491 (1898) | #632 |
| 1900s | 370 | #488 (1908) | #579 |
| 1910s | 1,100 | #496 (1911) | #556 |
| 1920s | 1,250 | #550 (1920) | #654 |
| 1930s | 626 | #761 (1930) | #891 |
| 1940s | 373 | #1,065 (1941) | #1,403 |
| 1950s | 226 | #1,637 (1951) | #2,398 |
| 1960s | 100 | #3,161 (1962) | #4,635 |
| 1970s | 17 | #7,292 (1972) | #8,017 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,513 (2014) | #16,513 |
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.
Ethelyn in 1916
Top girls' names in 1916
More about 1916
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1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 6,916 of them was named Ethelyn, which outranked 89.5% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).