Ethyl is a girl name. It last appeared in U.S. Social Security records in 1971. Ethyl first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1915 (92 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 5 | #12,009 |
| 1962 | 5 | #9,598 |
| 1961 | 6 | #8,614 |
| 1959 | 11 | #5,840 |
| 1958 | 5 | #9,078 |
| 1957 | 7 | #7,416 |
| 1956 | 5 | #8,946 |
| 1955 | 6 | #7,903 |
| 1954 | 10 | #5,807 |
| 1953 | 9 | #6,116 |
| 1952 | 10 | #5,589 |
| 1950 | 14 | #4,488 |
| 1949 | 20 | #3,639 |
| 1948 | 10 | #5,344 |
| 1947 | 15 | #4,332 |
| 1946 | 15 | #4,074 |
| 1945 | 11 | #4,501 |
| 1944 | 14 | #3,999 |
| 1943 | 14 | #4,112 |
| 1942 | 20 | #3,286 |
| 1941 | 15 | #3,727 |
| 1940 | 17 | #3,412 |
| 1939 | 19 | #3,133 |
| 1938 | 24 | #2,749 |
| 1937 | 15 | #3,637 |
| 1936 | 24 | #2,697 |
| 1935 | 15 | #3,643 |
| 1934 | 17 | #3,395 |
| 1933 | 16 | #3,479 |
| 1932 | 17 | #3,469 |
| 1931 | 30 | #2,438 |
| 1930 | 32 | #2,446 |
| 1929 | 35 | #2,289 |
| 1928 | 28 | #2,703 |
| 1927 | 38 | #2,311 |
| 1926 | 54 | #1,848 |
| 1925 | 47 | #2,028 |
| 1924 | 52 | #1,984 |
| 1923 | 51 | #1,961 |
| 1922 | 51 | #1,969 |
| 1921 | 68 | #1,682 |
| 1920 | 50 | #1,947 |
| 1919 | 82 | #1,442 |
| 1918 | 79 | #1,490 |
| 1917 | 69 | #1,545 |
| 1916 | 81 | #1,387 |
| 1915 | 92 | #1,268 |
| 1914 | 82 | #1,169 |
| 1913 | 53 | #1,304 |
| 1912 | 40 | #1,429 |
| 1911 | 42 | #1,113 |
| 1910 | 34 | #1,191 |
| 1909 | 40 | #992 |
| 1908 | 33 | #1,076 |
| 1907 | 28 | #1,140 |
| 1906 | 31 | #1,025 |
| 1905 | 29 | #1,041 |
| 1904 | 34 | #927 |
| 1903 | 29 | #958 |
| 1902 | 39 | #817 |
| 1901 | 27 | #951 |
| 1900 | 29 | #1,074 |
| 1899 | 31 | #853 |
| 1898 | 32 | #906 |
| 1897 | 37 | #762 |
| 1896 | 39 | #752 |
| 1895 | 31 | #854 |
| 1894 | 36 | #745 |
| 1893 | 36 | #729 |
| 1892 | 41 | #695 |
| 1891 | 36 | #686 |
| 1890 | 25 | #874 |
| 1889 | 24 | #873 |
| 1888 | 35 | #715 |
| 1887 | 14 | #1,058 |
| 1886 | 12 | #1,185 |
| 1885 | 16 | #989 |
| 1884 | 16 | #986 |
| 1883 | 10 | #1,191 |
| 1882 | 9 | #1,254 |
| 1881 | 7 | #1,342 |
| 1880 | 8 | #1,284 |