Ethel
Rank in 2025
#4172
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
34
girls 34
Peak year
1894
3,287 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
280,412
since 1880
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Ethel was most popular in 1894, when 3,287 babies recorded as girls got the name (14.7 per 1,000). In 2025, 34 babies were named Ethel, ranking #4172 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | 4172 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 27 | 4893 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 23 | 5390 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 28 | 4793 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 27 | 4833 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 26 | 4880 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 23 | 5449 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 32 | 4357 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 28 | 4811 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 25 | 5284 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 12 | 8931 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 21 | 5993 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 14 | 8135 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 15 | 7804 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 14 | 8196 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 14 | 8271 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 15 | 8058 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 13 | 8965 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 17 | 7394 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 13 | 8715 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 20 | 5999 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 23 | 5377 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 24 | 5092 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 29 | 4280 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 19 | 5822 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 14 | 7158 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 23 | 4718 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 18 | 5583 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 14 | 6483 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 28 | 3831 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 25 | 4099 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 22 | 4521 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 27 | 3877 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 33 | 3343 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 36 | 3097 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 46 | 2571 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 51 | 2304 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 30 | 3225 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 29 | 3169 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 46 | 2228 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 54 | 1997 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 48 | 2081 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 70 | 1585 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 82 | 1461 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 63 | 1767 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 74 | 1570 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 87 | 1410 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 106 | 1186 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 106 | 1170 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 114 | 1071 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 149 | 889 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 130 | 950 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 181 | 755 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 180 | 769 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 218 | 698 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 228 | 689 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 275 | 600 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 283 | 568 | 5 | 4136 |
| 1967 | 341 | 513 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 364 | 491 | 7 | 3249 |
| 1965 | 440 | 457 | 5 | 3930 |
| 1964 | 517 | 431 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 524 | 424 | 8 | 3044 |
| 1962 | 581 | 398 | 5 | 4033 |
| 1961 | 635 | 381 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 731 | 359 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 681 | 364 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 856 | 311 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 879 | 310 | 5 | 3993 |
| 1956 | 1,076 | 256 | 7 | 3216 |
| 1955 | 1,103 | 247 | 9 | 2764 |
| 1954 | 1,176 | 235 | 6 | 3452 |
| 1953 | 1,281 | 225 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 1,398 | 205 | 13 | 2153 |
| 1951 | 1,492 | 191 | 7 | 3066 |
| 1950 | 1,602 | 176 | 9 | 2580 |
| 1949 | 1,753 | 164 | 9 | 2606 |
| 1948 | 1,872 | 152 | 6 | 3316 |
| 1947 | 2,085 | 144 | 8 | 2862 |
| 1946 | 1,933 | 139 | 12 | 2143 |
| 1945 | 1,817 | 134 | 10 | 2242 |
| 1944 | 2,056 | 127 | 8 | 2633 |
| 1943 | 2,217 | 126 | 10 | 2405 |
| 1942 | 2,203 | 124 | 15 | 1867 |
| 1941 | 2,273 | 116 | 16 | 1759 |
| 1940 | 2,373 | 106 | 12 | 2081 |
| 1939 | 2,496 | 100 | 28 | 1238 |
| 1938 | 2,726 | 94 | 27 | 1275 |
| 1937 | 2,763 | 88 | 23 | 1403 |
| 1936 | 2,730 | 90 | 17 | 1639 |
| 1935 | 3,003 | 82 | 27 | 1295 |
| 1934 | 3,178 | 78 | 30 | 1213 |
| 1933 | 3,217 | 71 | 35 | 1103 |
| 1932 | 3,608 | 66 | 22 | 1509 |
| 1931 | 3,760 | 67 | 33 | 1194 |
| 1930 | 4,101 | 65 | 37 | 1151 |
| 1929 | 4,519 | 56 | 32 | 1237 |
| 1928 | 4,928 | 55 | 48 | 992 |
| 1927 | 5,483 | 47 | 43 | 1080 |
| 1926 | 5,856 | 41 | 30 | 1331 |
| 1925 | 6,176 | 43 | 33 | 1246 |
| 1924 | 6,586 | 39 | 41 | 1117 |
| 1923 | 6,541 | 38 | 31 | 1300 |
| 1922 | 7,246 | 32 | 25 | 1503 |
| 1921 | 7,603 | 32 | 32 | 1296 |
| 1920 | 7,868 | 30 | 23 | 1592 |
| 1919 | 7,809 | 28 | 40 | 1082 |
| 1918 | 8,075 | 28 | 35 | 1172 |
| 1917 | 7,865 | 24 | 37 | 1092 |
| 1916 | 7,601 | 25 | 24 | 1415 |
| 1915 | 7,379 | 23 | 30 | 1181 |
| 1914 | 6,204 | 21 | 26 | 1127 |
| 1913 | 5,369 | 20 | 27 | 950 |
| 1912 | 5,073 | 18 | 18 | 1095 |
| 1911 | 4,141 | 15 | 17 | 793 |
| 1910 | 4,146 | 13 | 33 | 480 |
| 1909 | 3,661 | 13 | 25 | 519 |
| 1908 | 3,786 | 12 | 22 | 541 |
| 1907 | 3,698 | 12 | 12 | 778 |
| 1906 | 3,511 | 12 | 16 | 590 |
| 1905 | 3,401 | 12 | 14 | 636 |
| 1904 | 3,296 | 11 | 17 | 538 |
| 1903 | 3,257 | 9 | 20 | 470 |
| 1902 | 3,295 | 9 | 19 | 490 |
| 1901 | 3,067 | 9 | 16 | 487 |
| 1900 | 3,896 | 8 | 20 | 534 |
| 1899 | 2,999 | 9 | 15 | 502 |
| 1898 | 3,531 | 8 | 24 | 403 |
| 1897 | 3,182 | 8 | 17 | 473 |
| 1896 | 3,502 | 6 | 12 | 641 |
| 1895 | 3,391 | 8 | 15 | 529 |
| 1894 | 3,287 | 7 | 11 | 631 |
| 1893 | 3,119 | 8 | 12 | 572 |
| 1892 | 3,035 | 8 | 17 | 480 |
| 1891 | 2,689 | 7 | 9 | 635 |
| 1890 | 2,718 | 7 | 8 | 739 |
| 1889 | 2,463 | 8 | 14 | 498 |
| 1888 | 2,374 | 9 | 12 | 580 |
| 1887 | 1,907 | 11 | 10 | 583 |
| 1886 | 1,699 | 15 | 6 | 845 |
| 1885 | 1,495 | 15 | 13 | 521 |
| 1884 | 1,386 | 18 | 7 | 764 |
| 1883 | 1,132 | 20 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 989 | 24 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 788 | 25 | 5 | 866 |
| 1880 | 633 | 38 | 6 | 809 |
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Recorded as girls 99% · boys 1% across all years