Ethal is a very rare variant of Ethel that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Ethal is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1929. Ethal first appears in 1900 and peaked in 1925 (9 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 5 | — | #4,811 |
| 1926 | 5 | — | #5,095 |
| 1925 | 9 | — | #3,468 |
| 1924 | 5 | — | #5,333 |
| 1923 | 8 | — | #3,749 |
| 1922 | 7 | — | #4,153 |
| 1920 | 8 | — | #3,725 |
| 1918 | 6 | — | #4,463 |
| 1916 | 6 | — | #4,081 |
| 1904 | 5 | — | #1,980 |
| 1900 | 6 | — | #1,797 |