Ethelyn
Ethelyn is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 456th, in 1880.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1920168 births
- Best rank
- #456in 1880
- Since 1880
- 4,450people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,450 girls have been named Ethelyn in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 168 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 168 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1922, and the 1920s alone account for 28%. It has spent 58 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Ethelyn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 142 | |
| 1890s | 241 | |
| 1900s | 370 | |
| 1910s | 1,100 | |
| 1920s | 1,250 | |
| 1930s | 626 | |
| 1940s | 373 | |
| 1950s | 226 | |
| 1960s | 100 | |
| 1970s | 17 | |
| 2010s | 5 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Ethelyn was the 551st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1920 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Ethelyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Elnorapeak 1924
- Louisepeak 1921
- Inezpeak 1920
- Hortensepeak 1919
- Leotapeak 1918
- Mablepeak 1922
- Winifredpeak 1918
- Herminapeak 1916
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.