Ethelyn

Girl · recorded 1880–2014

  • 2014last recorded
  • 1911best year

Most popular in 1911.

Last recorded in 2014. 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 Ethelyn.

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

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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 94 recorded years as a table
Ethelyn, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880154
1881120
1882139
1883107
188485
1885113
1886131
188796
1888101
188973
189047
1891108
189271
189385
1894148
1895116
1896118
1897111
1898151
1899112
190097
1901100
1902117
1903115
1904156
1905113
1906129
1907132
1908165
1909130
1910164
1911165
1912145
1913123
1914125
1915149
1916145
1917152
1918131
191988
1920140
1921118
1922114
192399
1924102
1925105
192694
192793
192895
192984
193075
193171
193271
193365
193460
193553
193645
193757
193853
193935
194031
194139
194230
194329
194436
194520
194620
194723
194822
194915
195015
195119
195218
195314
19549
195512
19568
19577
195811
19596
19606
19617
19628
19635
19646
19655
19664
19673
19686
19694
19724
19743
19754
20143

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ethelyn 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

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2014
5
Rank in 2014
#16,513
How rare
1 in 357,271 girls
Since 1880
4,450

Ethelyn was last recorded in 2014. 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 1911, at 165 per million girls born.

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

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