Etta is an established girls' name that peaked in 1920 and has grown less common since.
Etta is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #930 for girl births in the United States (and #1,772 across all names), given to 281 babies. Etta was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1920 (803 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 281 | 281 | #930 | — |
| 2024 | 267 | 267 | #973 | — |
| 2023 | 283 | 283 | #937 | — |
| 2022 | 256 | 256 | #1,016 | — |
| 2021 | 285 | 285 | #933 | — |
| 2020 | 279 | 279 | #924 | — |
| 2019 | 254 | 254 | #1,011 | — |
| 2018 | 276 | 276 | #958 | — |
| 2017 | 263 | 263 | #988 | — |
| 2016 | 257 | 257 | #1,031 | — |
| 2015 | 242 | 242 | #1,082 | — |
| 2014 | 209 | 209 | #1,175 | — |
| 2013 | 204 | 204 | #1,181 | — |
| 2012 | 132 | 132 | #1,634 | — |
| 2011 | 86 | 86 | #2,198 | — |
| 2010 | 81 | 81 | #2,349 | — |
| 2009 | 71 | 71 | #2,597 | — |
| 2008 | 57 | 57 | #3,029 | — |
| 2007 | 39 | 39 | #4,006 | — |
| 2006 | 46 | 46 | #3,479 | — |
| 2005 | 25 | 25 | #5,152 | — |
| 2004 | 28 | 28 | #4,750 | — |
| 2003 | 25 | 25 | #4,988 | — |
| 2002 | 29 | 29 | #4,312 | — |
| 2001 | 7 | 7 | #12,473 | — |
| 2000 | 15 | 15 | #6,914 | — |
| 1999 | 12 | 12 | #7,879 | — |
| 1998 | 15 | 15 | #6,476 | — |
| 1997 | 14 | — | #6,596 | — |
| 1996 | 19 | — | #5,129 | — |
| 1995 | 15 | — | #6,056 | — |
| 1994 | 17 | — | #5,528 | — |
| 1993 | 21 | — | #4,710 | — |
| 1992 | 19 | — | #5,118 | — |
| 1991 | 19 | — | #5,048 | — |
| 1990 | 21 | — | #4,565 | — |
| 1989 | 19 | — | #4,724 | — |
| 1988 | 25 | — | #3,734 | — |
| 1987 | 19 | — | #4,349 | — |
| 1986 | 23 | — | #3,674 | — |
| 1985 | 18 | — | #4,324 | — |
| 1984 | 20 | — | #3,903 | — |
| 1983 | 23 | — | #3,462 | — |
| 1982 | 28 | — | #3,112 | — |
| 1981 | 39 | — | #2,457 | — |
| 1980 | 23 | — | #3,540 | — |
| 1979 | 36 | — | #2,544 | — |
| 1978 | 34 | — | #2,528 | — |
| 1977 | 37 | — | #2,385 | — |
| 1976 | 36 | — | #2,307 | — |
| 1975 | 41 | — | #2,105 | — |
| 1974 | 48 | — | #1,827 | — |
| 1973 | 34 | — | #2,278 | — |
| 1972 | 59 | — | #1,569 | — |
| 1971 | 67 | — | #1,503 | — |
| 1970 | 66 | — | #1,508 | — |
| 1969 | 73 | — | #1,332 | — |
| 1968 | 100 | — | #1,043 | — |
| 1967 | 91 | — | #1,095 | — |
| 1966 | 113 | — | #956 | — |
| 1965 | 127 | — | #890 | — |
| 1964 | 157 | — | #835 | — |
| 1963 | 181 | — | #765 | — |
| 1962 | 200 | — | #729 | — |
| 1961 | 207 | — | #721 | — |
| 1960 | 214 | — | #696 | — |
| 1959 | 206 | — | #699 | — |
| 1958 | 247 | — | #623 | — |
| 1957 | 229 | — | #648 | — |
| 1956 | 258 | — | #588 | — |
| 1955 | 264 | — | #560 | — |
| 1954 | 240 | — | #584 | — |
| 1953 | 246 | — | #557 | — |
| 1952 | 249 | — | #545 | — |
| 1951 | 252 | — | #526 | — |
| 1950 | 289 | — | #477 | — |
| 1949 | 332 | — | #435 | — |
| 1948 | 343 | — | #430 | — |
| 1947 | 342 | — | #444 | — |
| 1946 | 360 | — | #401 | — |
| 1945 | 345 | — | #378 | — |
| 1944 | 369 | — | #363 | — |
| 1943 | 419 | — | #349 | — |
| 1942 | 448 | — | #326 | — |
| 1941 | 413 | — | #322 | — |
| 1940 | 426 | — | #305 | — |
| 1939 | 408 | — | #307 | — |
| 1938 | 461 | — | #292 | — |
| 1937 | 443 | — | #296 | — |
| 1936 | 449 | — | #285 | — |
| 1935 | 464 | — | #284 | #3,381 |
| 1934 | 499 | — | #275 | — |
| 1933 | 514 | — | #270 | — |
| 1932 | 504 | — | #275 | — |
| 1931 | 518 | — | #273 | — |
| 1930 | 551 | — | #271 | — |
| 1929 | 614 | — | #257 | — |
| 1928 | 583 | — | #267 | — |
| 1927 | 648 | — | #260 | — |
| 1926 | 660 | — | #257 | #4,423 |
| 1925 | 736 | — | #246 | #4,420 |
| 1924 | 725 | — | #247 | — |
| 1923 | 742 | — | #239 | — |
| 1922 | 720 | — | #243 | — |
| 1921 | 740 | — | #244 | — |
| 1920 | 803 | — | #230 | — |
| 1919 | 742 | — | #230 | — |
| 1918 | 755 | — | #230 | — |
| 1917 | 750 | — | #224 | — |
| 1916 | 742 | — | #222 | — |
| 1915 | 773 | — | #215 | #3,185 |
| 1914 | 581 | — | #216 | — |
| 1913 | 542 | — | #197 | — |
| 1912 | 510 | — | #192 | — |
| 1911 | 434 | — | #173 | — |
| 1910 | 430 | — | #165 | — |
| 1909 | 367 | — | #166 | — |
| 1908 | 400 | — | #162 | — |
| 1907 | 407 | — | #157 | — |
| 1906 | 384 | — | #155 | — |
| 1905 | 397 | — | #150 | — |
| 1904 | 343 | — | #160 | — |
| 1903 | 416 | — | #134 | — |
| 1902 | 400 | — | #139 | — |
| 1901 | 381 | — | #134 | — |
| 1900 | 508 | — | #123 | — |
| 1899 | 394 | — | #123 | — |
| 1898 | 479 | — | #112 | — |
| 1897 | 467 | — | #109 | — |
| 1896 | 484 | — | #107 | — |
| 1895 | 445 | — | #112 | — |
| 1894 | 519 | — | #97 | — |
| 1893 | 486 | — | #98 | — |
| 1892 | 492 | — | #97 | — |
| 1891 | 452 | — | #94 | — |
| 1890 | 452 | — | #95 | — |
| 1889 | 465 | — | #87 | — |
| 1888 | 500 | — | #82 | — |
| 1887 | 437 | — | #78 | — |
| 1886 | 433 | — | #79 | — |
| 1885 | 372 | — | #83 | — |
| 1884 | 423 | — | #75 | — |
| 1883 | 352 | — | #80 | — |
| 1882 | 352 | — | #75 | — |
| 1881 | 316 | — | #74 | — |
| 1880 | 323 | — | #72 | — |