Is Etta a boy or girl name?
Etta is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 266 girls and 0 boys were named Etta, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 99.9% of the 43,008 US babies named Etta were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #973
- Babies named Etta since 1880
- 43,008
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 803 babies
Boys and girls named Etta, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 3,973 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 4,670 | 100% |
| 1900s | 0 | 4,003 | 100% |
| 1910s | 7 | 6,252 | 99.9% |
| 1920s | 10 | 6,961 | 99.9% |
| 1930s | 6 | 4,805 | 99.9% |
| 1940s | 0 | 3,797 | 100% |
| 1950s | 0 | 2,480 | 100% |
| 1960s | 0 | 1,463 | 100% |
| 1970s | 0 | 458 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 237 | 100% |
| 1990s | 0 | 172 | 100% |
| 2000s | 0 | 342 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 2,004 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 1,368 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 266 | #973 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 283 | #935 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 255 | #1,018 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 285 | #932 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 279 | #924 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 254 | #1,011 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 276 | #958 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 263 | #988 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 257 | #1,030 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 242 | #1,082 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 209 | #1,175 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 204 | #1,181 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 132 | #1,633 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 86 | #2,198 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 81 | #2,349 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 71 | #2,596 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 57 | #3,029 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 39 | #4,005 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 46 | #3,479 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 25 | #5,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 28 | #4,750 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 25 | #4,988 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 29 | #4,312 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 7 | #12,473 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 15 | #6,914 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 12 | #7,879 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 15 | #6,476 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 14 | #6,596 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 19 | #5,129 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 15 | #6,055 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 17 | #5,528 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 21 | #4,709 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 19 | #5,118 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 19 | #5,048 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 21 | #4,565 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 19 | #4,724 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 25 | #3,734 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 19 | #4,349 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 23 | #3,674 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 18 | #4,324 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 20 | #3,903 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 23 | #3,462 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 28 | #3,111 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 39 | #2,457 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 23 | #3,540 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 36 | #2,544 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 34 | #2,528 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 37 | #2,385 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 36 | #2,306 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 41 | #2,104 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 48 | #1,827 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 34 | #2,278 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 59 | #1,569 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 67 | #1,503 |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 66 | #1,508 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 73 | #1,333 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 100 | #1,043 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 91 | #1,095 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 113 | #956 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 127 | #890 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 157 | #835 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 181 | #765 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 200 | #729 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 207 | #721 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 214 | #696 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 207 | #697 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 247 | #624 |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 228 | #650 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 258 | #588 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 264 | #560 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 240 | #584 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 246 | #557 |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 249 | #545 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 252 | #526 |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 289 | #477 |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 332 | #435 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 343 | #430 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 342 | #444 |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 360 | #401 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 345 | #378 |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 369 | #363 |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 419 | #349 |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 448 | #326 |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 413 | #322 |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 426 | #305 |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 408 | #307 |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 461 | #292 |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 443 | #296 |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 449 | #285 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,381 | 458 | #284 |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 499 | #275 |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 514 | #270 |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 504 | #275 |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 518 | #273 |
| 1930 | 0 | – | 551 | #271 |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 614 | #257 |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 583 | #267 |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 648 | #260 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,423 | 655 | #257 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,420 | 731 | #246 |
| 1924 | 0 | – | 725 | #247 |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 742 | #239 |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 720 | #243 |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 740 | #244 |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 803 | #230 |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 742 | #230 |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 755 | #230 |
| 1917 | 0 | – | 750 | #224 |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 742 | #222 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,185 | 766 | #215 |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 581 | #216 |
| 1913 | 0 | – | 542 | #197 |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 510 | #192 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 434 | #173 |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 430 | #165 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 367 | #166 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 400 | #162 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 407 | #157 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 384 | #155 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 397 | #150 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 343 | #160 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 416 | #134 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 400 | #139 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 381 | #134 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 508 | #123 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 394 | #123 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 479 | #112 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 467 | #109 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 484 | #107 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 445 | #112 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 519 | #97 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 486 | #98 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 492 | #97 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 452 | #94 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 452 | #95 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 465 | #87 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 500 | #82 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 437 | #78 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 433 | #79 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 372 | #83 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 423 | #75 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 352 | #80 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 352 | #75 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 316 | #74 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 323 | #72 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Etta reached #3,185 in 1915. As a girl name, it reached #72 in 1880. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.