How Many People Are Named Ethelyn?
people named Ethelyn are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 509,366 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,450 babies named Ethelyn in Social Security records from 1880 to 2014, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
168 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of ETHEL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ethelyn in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ethelyn alive today is about 77 years old, and 93% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 70 and 86 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ethelyn first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1920, to 168 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2014.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2014
🏆 Rank History
Ethelyn has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #456, in 1880.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #456 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #651 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ethelyn alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ethelyn were born in Michigan than in any other state: about 12 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ethelyn was given 13 times as often in Maine, 3.7 times in Michigan and 3.2 times in Louisiana.
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