# Etna (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/etna/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɛtnə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 681 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 681 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Possibly an anglicisation of Irish Eithne, from Middle Irish Eithne, from Old Irish Eithne.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1932 | 9 | 3,123 |
| 1933 | 11 | 2,588 |
| 1934 | 5 | 4,488 |
| 1935 | 10 | 2,796 |
| 1936 | 5 | 4,414 |
| 1937 | 6 | 3,948 |
| 1939 | 5 | 4,453 |
| 1940 | 6 | 4,011 |
| 1941 | 5 | 4,621 |
| 1942 | 6 | 4,268 |
| 1943 | 12 | 2,745 |
| 1944 | 9 | 3,208 |
| 1952 | 6 | 5,093 |
| 1958 | 5 | 6,377 |
| 2025 | 5 | 15,633 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 埃特娜

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.