Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ethyl through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,395
- 0 boys · 2,395 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 92 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1971. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 92 in 1915. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 416 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ethyl’s family of names
In English usage, Ethyl has a related form in Ethel.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Around the world
Ethyl has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Old English roots to each of them.
1 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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