Ethell is a very rare variant of Ethel that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Ethell is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1948. Ethell was first reported in SSA data in 1915 and peaked in 1916 (10 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 5 | — | #5,497 |
| 1944 | 5 | — | #4,785 |
| 1943 | 6 | — | #4,341 |
| 1938 | 5 | — | #4,540 |
| 1936 | 6 | — | #3,838 |
| 1935 | 5 | — | #4,416 |
| 1934 | 6 | — | #3,962 |
| 1933 | 7 | — | #3,528 |
| 1929 | 7 | — | #3,801 |
| 1927 | 6 | — | #4,461 |
| 1926 | 5 | — | #5,096 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | #5,236 |
| 1923 | 5 | — | #5,198 |
| 1922 | 10 | — | #3,220 |
| 1919 | 5 | — | #5,045 |
| 1918 | 9 | — | #3,334 |
| 1916 | 10 | — | #2,897 |
| 1915 | 8 | — | #3,228 |