Ethyl
Last seen for girls in 1971 at #8,324
- Peak · girls
- 1892 · 41 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,395since 1880
Ethyl over time
Rank among girls' names. Ethyl 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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| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
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| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,781 | 14 |
| 1949 | #2,212 | 20 |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1946 | #2,482 | 15 |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 |
| 1944 | #2,401 | 14 |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 |
| 1942 | #1,917 | 20 |
| 1941 | #2,190 | 15 |
| 1940 | #1,965 | 17 |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 |
| 1938 | #1,547 | 24 |
| 1937 | #2,101 | 15 |
| 1936 | #1,507 | 24 |
| 1935 | #2,095 | 15 |
| 1934 | #1,913 | 17 |
| 1933 | #1,970 | 16 |
| 1932 | #1,957 | 17 |
| 1931 | #1,336 | 30 |
| 1930 | #1,347 | 32 |
| 1929 | #1,257 | 35 |
| 1928 | #1,502 | 28 |
| 1927 | #1,278 | 38 |
| 1926 | #1,012 | 54 |
| 1925 | #1,119 | 47 |
| 1924 | #1,086 | 52 |
| 1923 | #1,065 | 51 |
| 1922 | #1,059 | 51 |
| 1921 | #892 | 68 |
| 1920 | #1,048 | 50 |
| 1919 | #778 | 82 |
| 1918 | #802 | 79 |
| 1917 | #825 | 69 |
| 1916 | #761 | 81 |
| 1915 | #689 | 92 |
| 1914 | #638 | 82 |
| 1913 | #712 | 53 |
| 1912 | #786 | 40 |
| 1911 | #667 | 42 |
| 1910 | #723 | 34 |
| 1909 | #614 | 40 |
| 1908 | #669 | 33 |
| 1907 | #710 | 28 |
| 1906 | #642 | 31 |
| 1905 | #656 | 29 |
| 1904 | #576 | 34 |
| 1903 | #607 | 29 |
| 1902 | #509 | 39 |
| 1901 | #603 | 27 |
| 1900 | #656 | 29 |
| 1899 | #537 | 31 |
| 1898 | #571 | 32 |
| 1897 | #470 | 37 |
| 1896 | #462 | 39 |
| 1895 | #530 | 31 |
| 1894 | #463 | 36 |
| 1893 | #439 | 36 |
| 1892 | #413 | 41 |
| 1891 | #413 | 36 |
| 1890 | #524 | 25 |
| 1889 | #516 | 24 |
| 1888 | #420 | 35 |
| 1887 | #608 | 14 |
| 1886 | #657 | 12 |
| 1885 | #542 | 16 |
| 1884 | #520 | 16 |
| 1883 | #615 | 10 |
| 1882 | #634 | 9 |
| 1881 | #679 | 7 |
| 1880 | #628 | 8 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ethyl was already there! It came in at #628, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1951, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Ethyl is popular in 1924
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#546 · 1 in 6,343
- Pennsylvania#583 · 1 in 14,204
- California#619 · 1 in 7,578
Best ever in a state: #327 in Minnesota, 1915.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Kentucky | #546 | 5 | 1 in 6,343 |
| Pennsylvania | #583 | 7 | 1 in 14,204 |
| California | #619 | 5 | 1 in 7,578 |
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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 Ethyl
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1971
- Biggest jump: 188 spots in 1888 (#608 → #420)
- Biggest drop: 270 spots in 1920 (#778 → #1,048)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1892 at #413 (41 births)
- Births halved by 1932, 40 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1880–1919
- Highest: 1 in 5,103 girls born in 1888 were named Ethyl (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 332,765 girls born in 1971 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #413 in 1892, was only 1 in 5,179 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 27.3% of all girls named Ethyl (654) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 151 | #420 (1888) | #582 |
| 1890s | 344 | #413 (1892) | #482 |
| 1900s | 319 | #509 (1902) | #624 |
| 1910s | 654 | #638 (1914) | #738 |
| 1920s | 474 | #892 (1921) | #1,132 |
| 1930s | 209 | #1,336 (1931) | #1,757 |
| 1940s | 151 | #1,917 (1942) | #2,434 |
| 1950s | 77 | #2,781 (1950) | #4,446 |
| 1960s | 11 | #5,851 (1961) | #6,215 |
| 1970s | 5 | #8,324 (1971) | #8,324 |
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.
Ethyl in 1924
Top girls' names in 1924
More about 1924
girls
1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 24,017 of them was named Ethyl, which outranked 81.6% of the 5,900 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,069Vernon53
- #1,069Willodean53
- #1,069Zenobia53
- #1,086Ethyl52
- #1,086Clarine52
- #1,086Denise52
- #1,086Erlene52
- #1,096Ailene51
- #1,096Annamarie51
- #1,096Athena51
Tied with 9 names at #1,086; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.