Ethelda

Girl · recorded 1910–1962

  • 1962last recorded
  • 1920best year

Most popular in 1920.

Last recorded in 1962. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Ethelda.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1910

0163119101923193619491962

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 34 recorded years as a table
Ethelda, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191015
191112
19129
191311
19147
191611
191711
191810
191916
192031
192128
192226
192314
192418
192512
19268
19278
192812
19299
193112
19327
19338
19347
19355
19378
19386
19397
19407
19415
19448
19463
19486
19504
19623

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ethelda isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Ethelda

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1962
5
Rank in 1962
#6,578
How rare
1 in 393,320 girls
Since 1910
396

Ethelda was last recorded in 1962. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1920, at 31 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Ethelda doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.