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How popular is the name Etta?

Births per year, rank history and how many Ettas are alive today.

Etta (female) sits just outside the top 100 girls' names in England and Wales, ranked 147th in 2025 with 338 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2024, when 353 babies were given the name, the 141st most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.

The Etta you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Ettas born in England and Wales are between 3 and 8, and there are at least 2,700 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Etta - on average, only one in every 117 such rooms contains a Etta.

How many babies are named Etta each year?

0100200300200020201999: 32001: 62002: 32004: 42006: 32007: 52008: 52009: 102010: 132011: 242012: 462013: 672014: 742015: 1232016: 1292017: 1442018: 1582019: 1982020: 2002021: 2632022: 2892023: 3092024: 3532025: 338actual

Where does Etta rank among girls' names?

1101001,00010,000200020201999: ranked 3,9002001: ranked 2,4662002: ranked 4,1372004: ranked 3,7252006: ranked 5,0612007: ranked 3,6672008: ranked 3,8602009: ranked 2,3262010: ranked 1,9932011: ranked 1,2952012: ranked 8252013: ranked 6082014: ranked 5702015: ranked 3682016: ranked 3632017: ranked 3312018: ranked 2982019: ranked 2452020: ranked 2352021: ranked 1992022: ranked 1752023: ranked 1652024: ranked 1412025: ranked 147

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Etta per year in England and Wales, 1999 to 2025, peaking at about 353 in 2024
Etta: births per year in England and Wales, 1999-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Etta most popular?

Etta peaked in 2024, when 353 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Etta?

At least 2,700 people named Etta born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Etta?

Most living Ettas are between 3 and 8; the most common age is about 2.

Is Etta becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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