Etta

#928 for girls in 2025, 281 births · Last seen for boys in 1935 at #3,252
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1880 · 323 births
Debut · girls
323 births
In top 100 · girls
15 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
43,268
since 1880

Etta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201882peak #72, 1880girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#928281—
2024#970267—
2023#936283—
2022#1,015256—
2021#931285—
2020#924279—
2019#1,010254—
2018#956276—
2017#988263—
2016#1,030257—
2015#1,082242—
2014#1,173209—
2013#1,178204—
2012#1,629132—
2011#2,19086—
2010#2,34181—
2009#2,59271—
2008#3,01757—
2007#3,98339—
2006#3,46946—
2005#5,11325—
2004#4,70728—
2003#4,94325—
2002#4,28029—
2001#12,0567—
2000#6,80815—
1999#7,71612—
1998#6,36015—
1997#6,48314—
1996#5,06519—
1995#5,95815—
1994#5,44517—
1993#4,67121—
1992#5,05119—
1991#5,00419—
1990#4,52321—
1989#4,67019—
1988#3,69025—
1987#4,28319—
1986#3,64523—
1985#4,28218—
1984#3,87420—
1983#3,43123—
1982#3,09328—
1981#2,44739—
1980#3,50623—
1979#2,52536—
1978#2,51634—
1977#2,38137—
1976#2,29236—
1975#2,09741—
1974#1,82048—
1973#2,26734—
1972#1,56559—
1971#1,50067—
1970#1,50566—
1969#1,32573—
1968#1,042100—
1967#1,09391—
1966#955113—
1965#887127—
1964#835157—
1963#764181—
1962#729200—
1961#721207—
1960#696214—
1959#698206—
1958#623247—
1957#648229—
1956#588258—
1955#559264—
1954#584240—
1953#557246—
1952#545249—
1951#524252—
1950#477289—
1949#435332—
1948#429343—
1947#444342—
1946#401360—
1945#378345—
1944#363369—
1943#349419—
1942#326448—
1941#322413—
1940#305426—
1939#307408—
1938#292461—
1937#296443—
1936#285449—
1935#284458#3,2526
1934#275499—
1933#270514—
1932#275504—
1931#273518—
1930#271551—
1929#256614—
1928#267583—
1927#260648—
1926#257655#4,2015
1925#246731#4,1975
1924#247725—
1923#238742—
1922#243720—
1921#244740—
1920#230803—
1919#230742—
1918#229755—
1917#224750—
1916#222742—
1915#215766#3,0827
1914#216581—
1913#197542—
1912#192510—
1911#173434—
1910#165430—
1909#166367—
1908#162400—
1907#157407—
1906#155384—
1905#150397—
1904#160343—
1903#134416—
1902#139400—
1901#134381—
1900#123508—
1899#123394—
1898#112479—
1897#109467—
1896#107484—
1895#112445—
1894#97519—
1893#98486—
1892#97492—
1891#94452—
1890#95452—
1889#87465—
1888#82500—
1887#78437—
1886#79433—
1885#83372—
1884#75423—
1883#80352—
1882#75352—
1881#73316—
1880#72323—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Etta was already there! It came in at #72, and was given to 323 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2001, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.

Where Etta is popular in 1882

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Etta
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 42 spots since 2024 (#970 → #928)
  • 4 spots since 2020 (#924 → #928)
  • 154 spots since 2015 (#1,082 → #928)
  • Biggest jump: 86 spots in 2020 (#1,010 → #924)
  • Biggest drop: 138 spots in 1967 (#955 → #1,093)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #72 (323 births)
  • Births halved by 1964, 84 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 15 yrs · run 1880–1894
  • Top 1,000: 94 yrs · run 1880–1966
Share of babies · girls
1 in 282
  • Highest: 1 in 282 girls born in 1880 were named Etta (0.35%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,720 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 16.1% of all girls named Etta (6,961) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s3,973#72 (1880)#78
1890s4,670#94 (1891)#104
1900s4,003#123 (1900)#148
1910s6,252#165 (1910)#206
1920s6,961#230 (1920)#249
1930s4,805#270 (1933)#283
1940s3,797#305 (1940)#375
1950s2,480#477 (1950)#580
1960s1,463#696 (1960)#905
1970s458#1,500 (1971)#2,047
1980s237#2,447 (1981)#3,692
1990s172#4,523 (1990)#5,628
2000s342#2,592 (2009)#5,097
2010s2,004#956 (2018)#1,358
2020s1,651#924 (2020)#951

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.

Etta in 1882

girls
#75
352 births · 1 in 306 girls

Top girls' names in 1882

  1. #1Mary8,148
  2. #2Anna3,143
  3. #3Emma2,303
  4. #4Elizabeth2,186
  5. #5Minnie2,004
  6. #6Margaret1,821
  7. #7Ida1,673
  8. #8Alice1,542
  9. #9Bertha1,508
  10. #10Annie1,492
  11. #75Etta352
More about 1882

girls

107,847 girls got a published name in 1882; 1 in 306 of them was named Etta, which outranked 92.7% of the 1,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Etta
  1. #72Sadie391
  2. #73Flora380
  3. #74Alma368
  4. #75Etta352
  5. #76Lydia342
  6. #77Addie341
  7. #78Katie327
Biggest movers since 1881
Risers
  1. ↑ 380Clementine#740 → #360
  2. ↑ 337Lissie#830 → #493
  3. ↑ 323Lonnie#830 → #507
  4. ↑ 300Erna#830 → #530
  5. ↑ 300Hedwig#830 → #530
Fallers
  1. ↓ 405Leatha#503 → #908
  2. ↓ 369Grayce#539 → #908
  3. ↓ 369Maye#539 → #908
  4. ↓ 369Rella#539 → #908
  5. ↓ 326Honora#582 → #908

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1882 →