How Many People Are Named Etta?
people named Etta are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 29,607 people in the US has this name
Based on 43,291 babies named Etta in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
803 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of HENRIETTA and other names that end with etta. A famous bearer was the American singer Etta James (1938-2012), who took her stage name from her real given name Jamesetta.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Etta in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Etta alive today is about 50 years old, and 55% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 10 and 78 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Etta first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1920, to 803 babies. In 2025, 281 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Etta never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #72, in 1880, and it was in the top 100 for 15 years, 1880 to 1894. In 2025 it ranked #930.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #930 |
| Best rank | #72 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | 15 (1880 to 1894) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #251 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Etta alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Etta were born in Texas than in any other state: about 684 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Etta was given 2.4 times as often in North Carolina, 2.3 times in Mississippi and 2.1 times in Arkansas.
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