Ethel
#146 most common girls' name of all time · #285 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among girls
#146
Rank overall
#285 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
280,412
Since 2016
273
Peak year
1918 #28
Best rank
#6 1896
Girls
Boys
peak 8,110/yr
Ethel is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | — | 34 | #4,172 |
| 2024 | 27 | — | 27 | #4,893 |
| 2023 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,390 |
| 2022 | 28 | — | 28 | #4,793 |
| 2021 | 27 | — | 27 | #4,833 |
| 2020 | 26 | — | 26 | #4,880 |
| 2019 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,449 |
| 2018 | 32 | — | 32 | #4,357 |
| 2017 | 28 | — | 28 | #4,812 |
| 2016 | 25 | — | 25 | #5,284 |
| 2015 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,931 |
| 2014 | 21 | — | 21 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,135 |
| 2012 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,804 |
| 2011 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,196 |
| 2010 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,271 |
| 2009 | 15 | — | 15 | #8,058 |
| 2008 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,965 |
| 2007 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,395 |
| 2006 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,715 |
| 2005 | 20 | — | 20 | #5,999 |
| 2004 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,377 |
| 2003 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,092 |
| 2002 | 29 | — | 29 | #4,280 |
| 2001 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,822 |
| 2000 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,158 |
| 1999 | 23 | — | 23 | #4,718 |
| 1998 | 18 | — | 18 | #5,583 |
| 1997 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,483 |
| 1996 | 28 | — | 28 | #3,831 |
| 1995 | 25 | — | 25 | #4,099 |
| 1994 | 22 | — | 22 | #4,521 |
| 1993 | 27 | — | 27 | #3,877 |
| 1992 | 33 | — | 33 | #3,343 |
| 1991 | 36 | — | 36 | #3,097 |
| 1990 | 46 | — | 46 | #2,571 |
| 1989 | 51 | — | 51 | #2,304 |
| 1988 | 30 | — | 30 | #3,225 |
| 1987 | 29 | — | 29 | #3,169 |
| 1986 | 46 | — | 46 | #2,228 |
| 1985 | 54 | — | 54 | #1,997 |
| 1984 | 48 | — | 48 | #2,081 |
| 1983 | 70 | — | 70 | #1,585 |
| 1982 | 82 | — | 82 | #1,461 |
| 1981 | 63 | — | 63 | #1,767 |
| 1980 | 74 | — | 74 | #1,570 |
| 1979 | 87 | — | 87 | #1,410 |
| 1978 | 106 | — | 106 | #1,186 |
| 1977 | 106 | — | 106 | #1,170 |
| 1976 | 114 | — | 114 | #1,071 |
| 1975 | 149 | — | 149 | #889 |
| 1974 | 130 | — | 130 | #950 |
| 1973 | 181 | — | 181 | #755 |
| 1972 | 180 | — | 180 | #769 |
| 1971 | 218 | — | 218 | #698 |
| 1970 | 228 | — | 228 | #689 |
| 1969 | 275 | — | 275 | #600 |
| 1968 | 283 | 5 | 288 | #568 |
| 1967 | 341 | — | 341 | #513 |
| 1966 | 364 | 7 | 371 | #491 |
| 1965 | 440 | 5 | 445 | #457 |
| 1964 | 517 | — | 517 | #431 |
| 1963 | 524 | 8 | 532 | #424 |
| 1962 | 581 | 5 | 586 | #398 |
| 1961 | 635 | — | 635 | #381 |
| 1960 | 731 | — | 731 | #359 |
| 1959 | 681 | — | 681 | #364 |
| 1958 | 856 | — | 856 | #311 |
| 1957 | 879 | 5 | 884 | #310 |
| 1956 | 1,076 | 7 | 1,083 | #256 |
| 1955 | 1,103 | 9 | 1,112 | #247 |
| 1954 | 1,176 | 6 | 1,182 | #235 |
| 1953 | 1,281 | — | 1,281 | #225 |
| 1952 | 1,398 | 13 | 1,411 | #205 |
| 1951 | 1,492 | 7 | 1,499 | #191 |
| 1950 | 1,602 | 9 | 1,611 | #176 |
| 1949 | 1,753 | 9 | 1,762 | #164 |
| 1948 | 1,872 | 6 | 1,878 | #152 |
| 1947 | 2,085 | 8 | 2,093 | #144 |
| 1946 | 1,933 | 12 | 1,945 | #139 |
| 1945 | 1,817 | 10 | 1,827 | #134 |
| 1944 | 2,056 | 8 | 2,064 | #127 |
| 1943 | 2,217 | 10 | 2,227 | #126 |
| 1942 | 2,203 | 15 | 2,218 | #124 |
| 1941 | 2,273 | 16 | 2,289 | #116 |
| 1940 | 2,373 | 12 | 2,385 | #106 |
| 1939 | 2,496 | 28 | 2,524 | #100 |
| 1938 | 2,726 | 27 | 2,753 | #94 |
| 1937 | 2,763 | 23 | 2,786 | #88 |
| 1936 | 2,730 | 17 | 2,747 | #90 |
| 1935 | 3,003 | 27 | 3,030 | #82 |
| 1934 | 3,178 | 30 | 3,208 | #78 |
| 1933 | 3,217 | 35 | 3,252 | #71 |
| 1932 | 3,608 | 22 | 3,630 | #66 |
| 1931 | 3,760 | 33 | 3,793 | #67 |
| 1930 | 4,101 | 37 | 4,138 | #65 |
| 1929 | 4,519 | 32 | 4,551 | #56 |
| 1928 | 4,928 | 48 | 4,976 | #55 |
| 1927 | 5,483 | 43 | 5,526 | #47 |
| 1926 | 5,856 | 30 | 5,886 | #41 |
| 1925 | 6,176 | 33 | 6,209 | #43 |
| 1924 | 6,586 | 41 | 6,627 | #39 |
| 1923 | 6,541 | 31 | 6,572 | #38 |
| 1922 | 7,246 | 25 | 7,271 | #32 |
| 1921 | 7,603 | 32 | 7,635 | #32 |
| 1920 | 7,868 | 23 | 7,891 | #30 |
| 1919 | 7,809 | 40 | 7,849 | #28 |
| 1918 | 8,075 | 35 | 8,110 | #28 |
| 1917 | 7,865 | 37 | 7,902 | #24 |
| 1916 | 7,601 | 24 | 7,625 | #25 |
| 1915 | 7,379 | 30 | 7,409 | #23 |
| 1914 | 6,204 | 26 | 6,230 | #21 |
| 1913 | 5,369 | 27 | 5,396 | #20 |
| 1912 | 5,073 | 18 | 5,091 | #18 |
| 1911 | 4,141 | 17 | 4,158 | #15 |
| 1910 | 4,146 | 33 | 4,179 | #13 |
| 1909 | 3,661 | 25 | 3,686 | #13 |
| 1908 | 3,786 | 22 | 3,808 | #12 |
| 1907 | 3,698 | 12 | 3,710 | #12 |
| 1906 | 3,511 | 16 | 3,527 | #12 |
| 1905 | 3,401 | 14 | 3,415 | #12 |
| 1904 | 3,296 | 17 | 3,313 | #11 |
| 1903 | 3,257 | 20 | 3,277 | #9 |
| 1902 | 3,295 | 19 | 3,314 | #9 |
| 1901 | 3,067 | 16 | 3,083 | #9 |
| 1900 | 3,896 | 20 | 3,916 | #8 |
| 1899 | 2,999 | 15 | 3,014 | #9 |
| 1898 | 3,531 | 24 | 3,555 | #8 |
| 1897 | 3,182 | 17 | 3,199 | #8 |
| 1896 | 3,502 | 12 | 3,514 | #6 |
| 1895 | 3,391 | 15 | 3,406 | #8 |
| 1894 | 3,287 | 11 | 3,298 | #7 |
| 1893 | 3,119 | 12 | 3,131 | #8 |
| 1892 | 3,035 | 17 | 3,052 | #8 |
| 1891 | 2,689 | 9 | 2,698 | #7 |
| 1890 | 2,718 | 8 | 2,726 | #7 |
| 1889 | 2,463 | 14 | 2,477 | #8 |
| 1888 | 2,374 | 12 | 2,386 | #9 |
| 1887 | 1,907 | 10 | 1,917 | #11 |
| 1886 | 1,699 | 6 | 1,705 | #15 |
| 1885 | 1,495 | 13 | 1,508 | #15 |
| 1884 | 1,386 | 7 | 1,393 | #18 |
| 1883 | 1,132 | — | 1,132 | #20 |
| 1882 | 989 | — | 989 | #24 |
| 1881 | 788 | 5 | 793 | #25 |
| 1880 | 633 | 6 | 639 | #38 |