Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ethelyn

#2,665 most common girls' name of all time · #4,545 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1880–2014

Rank among girls
#2,665
Rank overall
#4,545 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
94 of 146
All-time
4,450
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1920 #551
Best rank
#456 1880
Girls Boys peak 168/yr
1880190019201940196019802000

Ethelyn 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2014 5 — 5 #16,522
1975 6 — 6 #7,987
1974 5 — 5 #8,779
1972 6 — 6 #7,297
1969 6 — 6 #6,621
1968 10 — 10 #4,495
1967 5 — 5 #6,811
1966 7 — 7 #5,277
1965 9 — 9 #4,496
1964 11 — 11 #4,097
1963 10 — 10 #4,273
1962 16 — 16 #3,161
1961 14 — 14 #3,461
1960 12 — 12 #3,688
1959 13 — 13 #3,438
1958 22 — 22 #2,449
1957 14 — 14 #3,152
1956 17 — 17 #2,826
1955 23 — 23 #2,282
1954 18 — 18 #2,593
1953 26 — 26 #2,018
1952 34 — 34 #1,681
1951 34 — 34 #1,639
1950 25 — 25 #1,911
1949 26 — 26 #1,882
1948 38 — 38 #1,500
1947 40 — 40 #1,489
1946 31 — 31 #1,584
1945 26 — 26 #1,622
1944 48 — 48 #1,130
1943 41 — 41 #1,279
1942 41 — 41 #1,249
1941 47 — 47 #1,067
1940 35 — 35 #1,243
1939 38 — 38 #1,181
1938 58 — 58 #932
1937 61 — 61 #883
1936 47 — 47 #1,004
1935 56 — 56 #928
1934 63 — 63 #863
1933 66 — 66 #821
1932 76 — 76 #776
1931 76 — 76 #769
1930 85 — 85 #762
1929 94 — 94 #725
1928 109 — 109 #671
1927 111 — 111 #688
1926 111 — 111 #690
1925 128 — 128 #649
1924 127 — 127 #660
1923 119 — 119 #682
1922 137 — 137 #630
1921 146 — 146 #599
1920 168 — 168 #551
1919 99 — 99 #705
1918 152 — 152 #579
1917 164 — 164 #522
1916 151 — 151 #542
1915 147 — 147 #515
1914 95 — 95 #582
1913 77 — 77 #580
1912 81 — 81 #546
1911 69 — 69 #499
1910 65 — 65 #505
1909 45 — 45 #574
1908 55 — 55 #489
1907 42 — 42 #566
1906 38 — 38 #572
1905 33 — 33 #609
1904 43 — 43 #503
1903 30 — 30 #596
1902 31 — 31 #593
1901 24 — 24 #649
1900 29 — 29 #660
1899 26 — 26 #606
1898 39 — 39 #493
1897 26 — 26 #598
1896 28 — 28 #580
1895 27 — 27 #580
1894 33 — 33 #495
1893 18 — 18 #688
1892 15 — 15 #763
1891 20 — 20 #590
1890 9 — 9 #941
1889 13 — 13 #724
1888 18 — 18 #596
1887 14 — 14 #608
1886 19 — 19 #511
1885 15 — 15 #559
1884 11 — 11 #642
1883 12 — 12 #563
1882 15 — 15 #482
1881 11 — 11 #506
1880 14 — 14 #456