Ethelda is a rare girls' name that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Ethelda is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1962. Ethelda first appears in 1910 and peaked in 1920 (37 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 5 | — | #6,872 |
| 1950 | 6 | — | #4,910 |
| 1948 | 11 | — | #3,203 |
| 1946 | 5 | — | #5,173 |
| 1944 | 11 | — | #2,819 |
| 1941 | 6 | — | #4,107 |
| 1940 | 8 | — | #3,304 |
| 1939 | 8 | — | #3,221 |
| 1938 | 7 | — | #3,591 |
| 1937 | 9 | — | #3,008 |
| 1935 | 5 | — | #4,415 |
| 1934 | 7 | — | #3,574 |
| 1933 | 8 | — | #3,205 |
| 1932 | 8 | — | #3,379 |
| 1931 | 13 | — | #2,341 |
| 1929 | 10 | — | #2,992 |
| 1928 | 14 | — | #2,422 |
| 1927 | 10 | — | #3,127 |
| 1926 | 9 | — | #3,343 |
| 1925 | 14 | — | #2,530 |
| 1924 | 22 | — | #1,891 |
| 1923 | 17 | — | #2,203 |
| 1922 | 31 | — | #1,479 |
| 1921 | 34 | — | #1,381 |
| 1920 | 37 | — | #1,260 |
| 1919 | 18 | — | #2,011 |
| 1918 | 11 | — | #2,878 |
| 1917 | 12 | — | #2,610 |
| 1916 | 12 | — | #2,538 |
| 1914 | 5 | — | #3,814 |
| 1913 | 7 | — | #2,626 |
| 1912 | 5 | — | #3,127 |
| 1911 | 5 | — | #2,596 |
| 1910 | 6 | — | #2,231 |