Ethyl is an uncommon variant of Ethel that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Ethyl is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1971. Ethyl was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1915 (92 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 5 | — | #8,716 |
| 1962 | 5 | — | #6,873 |
| 1961 | 6 | — | #6,046 |
| 1959 | 11 | — | #3,891 |
| 1958 | 5 | — | #6,376 |
| 1957 | 7 | — | #5,054 |
| 1956 | 5 | — | #6,238 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | #5,391 |
| 1954 | 10 | — | #3,798 |
| 1953 | 9 | — | #4,034 |
| 1952 | 10 | — | #3,626 |
| 1950 | 14 | — | #2,813 |
| 1949 | 20 | — | #2,233 |
| 1948 | 10 | — | #3,430 |
| 1947 | 15 | — | #2,675 |
| 1946 | 15 | — | #2,517 |
| 1945 | 11 | — | #2,791 |
| 1944 | 14 | — | #2,437 |
| 1943 | 14 | — | #2,472 |
| 1942 | 20 | — | #1,927 |
| 1941 | 15 | — | #2,212 |
| 1940 | 17 | — | #1,983 |
| 1939 | 19 | — | #1,819 |
| 1938 | 24 | — | #1,563 |
| 1937 | 15 | — | #2,117 |
| 1936 | 24 | — | #1,520 |
| 1935 | 15 | — | #2,134 |
| 1934 | 17 | — | #1,945 |
| 1933 | 16 | — | #1,990 |
| 1932 | 17 | — | #1,979 |
| 1931 | 30 | — | #1,344 |
| 1930 | 32 | — | #1,357 |
| 1929 | 35 | — | #1,263 |
| 1928 | 28 | — | #1,515 |
| 1927 | 38 | — | #1,285 |
| 1926 | 54 | — | #1,014 |
| 1925 | 47 | — | #1,124 |
| 1924 | 52 | — | #1,089 |
| 1923 | 51 | — | #1,067 |
| 1922 | 51 | — | #1,066 |
| 1921 | 68 | — | #897 |
| 1920 | 50 | — | #1,055 |
| 1919 | 82 | — | #782 |
| 1918 | 79 | — | #803 |
| 1917 | 69 | — | #827 |
| 1916 | 81 | — | #763 |
| 1915 | 92 | — | #689 |
| 1914 | 82 | — | #639 |
| 1913 | 53 | — | #714 |
| 1912 | 40 | — | #788 |
| 1911 | 42 | — | #668 |
| 1910 | 34 | — | #730 |
| 1909 | 40 | — | #617 |
| 1908 | 33 | — | #669 |
| 1907 | 28 | — | #714 |
| 1906 | 31 | — | #654 |
| 1905 | 29 | — | #658 |
| 1904 | 34 | — | #581 |
| 1903 | 29 | — | #611 |
| 1902 | 39 | — | #511 |
| 1901 | 27 | — | #605 |
| 1900 | 29 | — | #662 |
| 1899 | 31 | — | #540 |
| 1898 | 32 | — | #574 |
| 1897 | 37 | — | #471 |
| 1896 | 39 | — | #465 |
| 1895 | 31 | — | #532 |
| 1894 | 36 | — | #466 |
| 1893 | 36 | — | #442 |
| 1892 | 41 | — | #417 |
| 1891 | 36 | — | #415 |
| 1890 | 25 | — | #528 |
| 1889 | 24 | — | #520 |
| 1888 | 35 | — | #422 |
| 1887 | 14 | — | #617 |
| 1886 | 12 | — | #669 |
| 1885 | 16 | — | #547 |
| 1884 | 16 | — | #527 |
| 1883 | 10 | — | #626 |
| 1882 | 9 | — | #642 |
| 1881 | 7 | — | #705 |
| 1880 | 8 | — | #644 |