Etta Girl

How popular is Etta?

#928 girl name in 2025

281 baby girls were named Etta in the US in 2025, making it the 928th most popular girl name.

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12,035living people named Etta (est.)
66median age of people named Etta
43,291babies named Etta since 1880
1 in 11,798US babies born in 2025

Etta popularity over time

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Boys Girls

Rank in 2025#928 for girls (▲ 42 from 2024)
Babies in 2025281 girls
10-year trendRising (+16% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#1,082 in 2015, #924 in 2020
Peak year1920 (803 girls)
Highest rank#72 in 1880
First recorded1880
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)0% boys, 100% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Where Etta is most popular

Babies named Etta per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. North Dakota: 1.8 per 1,000 (24 girls)
  2. Minnesota: 1.0 per 1,000 (111 girls)
  3. Wisconsin: 0.7 per 1,000 (75 girls)
  4. Nebraska: 0.6 per 1,000 (22 girls)
  5. Iowa: 0.5 per 1,000 (30 girls)

Etta by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1880s3,973#72
1890s4,670#94
1900s4,003#123
1910s6,252#165
1920s6,961#230
1930s4,805#270
1940s3,797#305
1950s2,480#476
1960s1,463#696
1970s458#1,500
1980s237#2,447
1990s172#4,518
2000s342#2,591
2010s2,004#956
2020s1,651#924

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Questions

Is Etta a boy or girl name?
Etta is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Etta were girls.
How popular is the name Etta?
281 baby girls were named Etta in the US in 2025, making it the 928th most popular girl name.
When was Etta most popular?
Etta peaked in 1920, when 803 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #72 in 1880.
How many people are named Etta?
43,291 babies have been named Etta in the US since 1880. We estimate about 12,035 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 66.
Where is Etta most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Etta was most common in North Dakota, at 1.8 of every 1,000 girls born there.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.