Ethyl

Girl · recorded 1880–1971

  • 1971last recorded
  • 1888best year

Most popular in 1888.

Last recorded in 1971. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

09819618801903192619481971

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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 82 recorded years as a table
Ethyl, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188088
188176
188283
188389
1884124
1885120
188683
188796
1888196
1889135
1890131
1891194
1892193
1893169
1894161
1895133
1896164
1897158
1898124
1899133
190097
1901113
1902148
1903111
1904123
190599
1906105
190788
190899
1909115
191086
1911100
191272
191385
1914108
191594
191678
191764
191868
191973
192042
192155
192242
192342
192442
192539
192646
192732
192824
192931
193028
193128
193216
193316
193416
193514
193623
193714
193822
193917
194015
194112
194215
194310
194411
19458
194610
19478
19486
194912
19508
19525
19535
19545
19553
19562
19573
19582
19595
19613
19623
19713

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ethyl 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1971
5
Rank in 1971
#8,324
How rare
1 in 332,764 girls
Since 1880
2,395

Ethyl was last recorded in 1971. 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 1888, at 196 per million girls born.

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

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