How Many People Are Named Ethyl?
people named Ethyl are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,539,571 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,395 babies named Ethyl in Social Security records from 1880 to 1971, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
92 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ethyl in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ethyl alive today is about 79 years old, and 98% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 72 and 86 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ethyl first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1915, to 92 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1971.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 1971
🏆 Rank History
Ethyl has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #415, in 1891.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #415 (1891) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #744 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ethyl alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ethyl were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 2 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ethyl was given about 3.9 times as often in Pennsylvania.
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