Girls' name · peaked in 1880

Etta name popularity since 1925

20,656 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Etta. Half of them were born in 1945 or earlier, so the typical Etta is about 81 years old in 2026. Etta peaked in 1880 as the #72 name for girls, and it ranked #930 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 20,656; Named Etta, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1880; #72 for girls that year
Typical age: About 81; Median birth year 1945
In 2025: #930; for girls in 2025 (281 babies)
Girls / boys: 99.9% girls; 20,640 girls · 16 boys
Most popular in: Mississippi; 3.53× its national share

Peak year is the year Etta made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Etta births per year, 1925–2025

The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Etta peaked earlier, in 1880.

Steepest fall: Between 1942 and 1947, Etta's share of baby girls fell by 42%, from 1 in 3,010 to 1 in 5,180.
Fastest rise: Between 2012 and 2017, it became 2× more common, from 1 in 13,300 baby girls to 1 in 6,560.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Etta's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Etta.

Decade by decade

Babies named Etta in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	3,231	10	–
1930s	4,805	6	#284
1940s	3,797	0	#378
1950s	2,480	0	#560
1960s	1,463	0	#890
1970s	458	0	#2,105
1980s	237	0	#4,324
1990s	172	0	#6,056
2000s	342	0	#5,152
2010s	2,004	0	#1,082
2020–25	1,651	0	#930

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

40.8% of babies named Etta from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:

Where Etta is most popular

The index compares Etta's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Etta.

State	Index	Babies
Mississippi	3.53×	737
Arkansas	3.28×	582
Kentucky	2.89×	834
North Carolina	2.75×	1,344
Alabama	2.53×	773

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Etta's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Etta.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Etta (1880).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data