girl's name

Ethelle

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 75

Ethelle is a girl's name. In 1950 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1918, when 8 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1895.

Ethelle over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1890s to 1950s. The striped bar is the 1950s, still in progress — it covers 1950 to 1950, not a full ten years.

36
'90 '10 '20 '30 '50
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Births named Ethelle by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1890s 5
1910s 14
1920s 36
1930s 5
1950s (to 1950) 5

How popular is Ethelle?

In 1950, Ethelle was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Ethelle is used

France #4,426 5 in 1999
United States #5,890 5 in 1950

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Ethelle

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Ethelle also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Ethelle over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Ethelle

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Ethelle — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Ethelle

How popular is the name Ethelle?

In 1950, Ethelle was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Ethelle a girl's or a boy's name?

Ethelle is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Ethelle most popular?

Ethelle peaked in 1918, when 8 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.