NameTides

Etta

Etta was the #928 girls' name in the US in 2025 (281 babies), and #147 in England & Wales and #1,177 in Canada.

Etta as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Etta as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandIrelandUSCanada
Etta as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#928 (281)#147 (338)#387 (8)—#608 (5)#1,177 (22)
2024#970 (267)#141 (353)#541 (5)#337 (4)—#1,348 (18)
2023#936 (283)#165 (309)#439 (7)#391 (3)—#1,582 (14)
2022#1,015 (256)#175 (289)#418 (7)#266 (6)—#882 (30)
2021#931 (285)#199 (263)#485 (6)——#859 (33)
2020#924 (279)#235 (200)—#397 (3)—#1,193 (20)
2019#1,010 (254)#245 (198)#447 (7)——#1,067 (24)
2018#956 (276)#298 (158)#376 (9)——#1,089 (23)
2017#988 (263)#331 (144)———#927 (29)
2016#1,030 (257)#363 (129)#675 (4)——#1,075 (24)
2015#1,082 (242)#368 (123)#566 (5)——#1,363 (17)
2014#1,173 (209)#570 (74)#681 (4)——#1,530 (15)
2013#1,178 (204)#608 (67)#663 (4)——#1,364 (17)
2012#1,629 (132)#825 (46)———#1,787 (12)
2011#2,190 (86)#1,295 (24)———#3,310 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1880 at #72.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,700 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 5,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 750common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 6,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Etta is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,800 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,200 to 1 in 6,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Etta by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #364WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: #221IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #117NDMinnesota: #241MNIllinois: #619ILMichigan: #519MINew York: #1,028NYMassachusetts: #873MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #815INOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #1,168NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,948CAUtah: #408UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: #296NEMissouri: #640MOKentucky: #744KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #818AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #335ARTennessee: #645TNNorth Carolina: #1,281NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,038TXFlorida: #1,170FL
Etta (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,2848

Etta (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EttaCanadaGirls#1,17722
EttaEngland & WalesGirls#147338
EttaIrelandGirls#6085
EttaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
EttaScotlandGirls#3878
EttaUSGirls#928281
EttaUSBoys—too few