Meaning not yet researched.
Etta: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 281 in 2025. Its best rank was #72 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #72 in 1880; #930 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Etta in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#930 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #72.
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Etta: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 281 girls in 2025. Peak: #72 in 1880 · most girls in one year: 803 (1920).
In 2025, 281 US girls were named Etta, making it the 930th most common girls’ name of the year, up 43 places from #973 in 2024. That is 14 more than the 267 girls named Etta in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #72, reached in 1880. The most girls given the name in a single year was 803, in 1920. For comparison, it was #1,082 in 2015 and #477 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Etta in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 323 babies with the name. In all, 43,291 US babies have been given the name, 99.9% of them girls and 0.1% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 6,971 babies named Etta.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,701 US girls were named Etta; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 285. In 2025 that was about 1 in 5,720 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Etta ranked highest in North Dakota in 2025, at #123 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Etha, Metta and Netta are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Etha (1,802), Metta (1,123), Netta (1,116), Eutha (253), Etai (203), Itha (139), Betta (78), Eita (51), Itta (38), Ittai (35), Iota (6), Eta (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Etta in the open dataset we use.
Etta is listed as a nickname for Henrietta, Loretta.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 26 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 8 | #123 | #233 |
| Idaho | 10 | #225 | — |
| Minnesota | 23 | #244 | #298 |
| Nebraska | 7 | #305 | — |
| Arkansas | 9 | #347 | — |
| Wisconsin | 14 | #373 | #224 |
| Utah | 10 | #418 | #379 |
| Michigan | 15 | #527 | #794 |
| Illinois | 15 | #633 | #1,094 |
| Tennessee | 11 | #666 | — |
| Missouri | 8 | #672 | — |
| Kentucky | 5 | #785 | — |
| South Carolina | 5 | #814 | — |
| Arizona | 7 | #846 | — |
| Indiana | 7 | #848 | #1,139 |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #924 | #876 |
| Washington | 6 | #960 | #866 |
| New York | 14 | #1,046 | #1,030 |
| Georgia | 8 | #1,114 | #1,387 |
| Florida | 12 | #1,194 | — |
| New Jersey | 5 | #1,234 | — |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,245 | #1,278 |
| North Carolina | 6 | #1,324 | #1,138 |
| California | 10 | #2,003 | #1,504 |
| Texas | 10 | #2,092 | #1,739 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 281 | #930 | — | — |
| 2024 | 267 | #973 | — | — |
| 2023 | 283 | #937 | — | — |
| 2022 | 256 | #1,016 | — | — |
| 2021 | 285 | #933 | — | — |
| 2020 | 279 | #924 | — | — |
| 2019 | 254 | #1,011 | — | — |
| 2018 | 276 | #958 | — | — |
| 2017 | 263 | #988 | — | — |
| 2016 | 257 | #1,031 | — | — |
| 2015 | 242 | #1,082 | — | — |
| 2014 | 209 | #1,175 | — | — |
| 2013 | 204 | #1,181 | — | — |
| 2012 | 132 | #1,634 | — | — |
| 2011 | 86 | #2,198 | — | — |
| 2010 | 81 | #2,349 | — | — |
| 2009 | 71 | #2,597 | — | — |
| 2008 | 57 | #3,029 | — | — |
| 2007 | 39 | #4,006 | — | — |
| 2006 | 46 | #3,479 | — | — |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,152 | — | — |
| 2004 | 28 | #4,750 | — | — |
| 2003 | 25 | #4,988 | — | — |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,312 | — | — |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,473 | — | — |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,914 | — | — |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,879 | — | — |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,476 | — | — |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,596 | — | — |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,129 | — | — |
| 1995 | 15 | #6,056 | — | — |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,528 | — | — |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,710 | — | — |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,118 | — | — |
| 1991 | 19 | #5,048 | — | — |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,565 | — | — |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,724 | — | — |
| 1988 | 25 | #3,734 | — | — |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,349 | — | — |
| 1986 | 23 | #3,674 | — | — |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,324 | — | — |
| 1984 | 20 | #3,903 | — | — |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,462 | — | — |
| 1982 | 28 | #3,112 | — | — |
| 1981 | 39 | #2,457 | — | — |
| 1980 | 23 | #3,540 | — | — |
| 1979 | 36 | #2,544 | — | — |
| 1978 | 34 | #2,528 | — | — |
| 1977 | 37 | #2,385 | — | — |
| 1976 | 36 | #2,307 | — | — |
| 1975 | 41 | #2,105 | — | — |
| 1974 | 48 | #1,827 | — | — |
| 1973 | 34 | #2,278 | — | — |
| 1972 | 59 | #1,569 | — | — |
| 1971 | 67 | #1,503 | — | — |
| 1970 | 66 | #1,508 | — | — |
| 1969 | 73 | #1,332 | — | — |
| 1968 | 100 | #1,043 | — | — |
| 1967 | 91 | #1,095 | — | — |
| 1966 | 113 | #956 | — | — |
| 1965 | 127 | #890 | — | — |
| 1964 | 157 | #835 | — | — |
| 1963 | 181 | #765 | — | — |
| 1962 | 200 | #729 | — | — |
| 1961 | 207 | #721 | — | — |
| 1960 | 214 | #696 | — | — |
| 1959 | 206 | #699 | — | — |
| 1958 | 247 | #623 | — | — |
| 1957 | 229 | #648 | — | — |
| 1956 | 258 | #588 | — | — |
| 1955 | 264 | #560 | — | — |
| 1954 | 240 | #584 | — | — |
| 1953 | 246 | #557 | — | — |
| 1952 | 249 | #545 | — | — |
| 1951 | 252 | #526 | — | — |
| 1950 | 289 | #477 | — | — |
| 1949 | 332 | #435 | — | — |
| 1948 | 343 | #430 | — | — |
| 1947 | 342 | #444 | — | — |
| 1946 | 360 | #401 | — | — |
| 1945 | 345 | #378 | — | — |
| 1944 | 369 | #363 | — | — |
| 1943 | 419 | #349 | — | — |
| 1942 | 448 | #326 | — | — |
| 1941 | 413 | #322 | — | — |
| 1940 | 426 | #305 | — | — |
| 1939 | 408 | #307 | — | — |
| 1938 | 461 | #292 | — | — |
| 1937 | 443 | #296 | — | — |
| 1936 | 449 | #285 | — | — |
| 1935 | 458 | #284 | 6 | #3,381 |
| 1934 | 499 | #275 | — | — |
| 1933 | 514 | #270 | — | — |
| 1932 | 504 | #275 | — | — |
| 1931 | 518 | #273 | — | — |
| 1930 | 551 | #271 | — | — |
| 1929 | 614 | #257 | — | — |
| 1928 | 583 | #267 | — | — |
| 1927 | 648 | #260 | — | — |
| 1926 | 655 | #257 | 5 | #4,423 |
| 1925 | 731 | #246 | 5 | #4,420 |
| 1924 | 725 | #247 | — | — |
| 1923 | 742 | #239 | — | — |
| 1922 | 720 | #243 | — | — |
| 1921 | 740 | #244 | — | — |
| 1920 | 803 | #230 | — | — |
| 1919 | 742 | #230 | — | — |
| 1918 | 755 | #230 | — | — |
| 1917 | 750 | #224 | — | — |
| 1916 | 742 | #222 | — | — |
| 1915 | 766 | #215 | 7 | #3,185 |
| 1914 | 581 | #216 | — | — |
| 1913 | 542 | #197 | — | — |
| 1912 | 510 | #192 | — | — |
| 1911 | 434 | #173 | — | — |
| 1910 | 430 | #165 | — | — |
| 1909 | 367 | #166 | — | — |
| 1908 | 400 | #162 | — | — |
| 1907 | 407 | #157 | — | — |
| 1906 | 384 | #155 | — | — |
| 1905 | 397 | #150 | — | — |
| 1904 | 343 | #160 | — | — |
| 1903 | 416 | #134 | — | — |
| 1902 | 400 | #139 | — | — |
| 1901 | 381 | #134 | — | — |
| 1900 | 508 | #123 | — | — |
| 1899 | 394 | #123 | — | — |
| 1898 | 479 | #112 | — | — |
| 1897 | 467 | #109 | — | — |
| 1896 | 484 | #107 | — | — |
| 1895 | 445 | #112 | — | — |
| 1894 | 519 | #97 | — | — |
| 1893 | 486 | #98 | — | — |
| 1892 | 492 | #97 | — | — |
| 1891 | 452 | #94 | — | — |
| 1890 | 452 | #95 | — | — |
| 1889 | 465 | #87 | — | — |
| 1888 | 500 | #82 | — | — |
| 1887 | 437 | #78 | — | — |
| 1886 | 433 | #79 | — | — |
| 1885 | 372 | #83 | — | — |
| 1884 | 423 | #75 | — | — |
| 1883 | 352 | #80 | — | — |
| 1882 | 352 | #75 | — | — |
| 1881 | 316 | #74 | — | — |
| 1880 | 323 | #72 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).