# Etta (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/etta/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 43,291 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 23 / 43,268 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,767, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 86 | 2,198 |
| 2012 | 132 | 1,634 |
| 2013 | 204 | 1,181 |
| 2014 | 209 | 1,175 |
| 2015 | 242 | 1,082 |
| 2016 | 257 | 1,031 |
| 2017 | 263 | 988 |
| 2018 | 276 | 958 |
| 2019 | 254 | 1,011 |
| 2020 | 279 | 924 |
| 2021 | 285 | 933 |
| 2022 | 256 | 1,016 |
| 2023 | 283 | 937 |
| 2024 | 267 | 973 |
| 2025 | 281 | 930 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 1925 | 5 | 4,420 |
| 1926 | 5 | 4,423 |
| 1935 | 6 | 3,381 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 24 | 1,295 |
| 2012 | 46 | 825 |
| 2013 | 67 | 608 |
| 2014 | 74 | 570 |
| 2015 | 123 | 368 |
| 2016 | 129 | 363 |
| 2017 | 144 | 331 |
| 2018 | 158 | 298 |
| 2019 | 198 | 245 |
| 2020 | 200 | 235 |
| 2021 | 263 | 199 |
| 2022 | 289 | 175 |
| 2023 | 309 | 165 |
| 2024 | 353 | 141 |
| 2025 | 338 | 147 |

## People named Etta

- Etta Palm, Dutch feminist and spy
- Etta Jones, American jazz singer (1928–2001)
- Etta Baker, American Piedmont blues guitarist and singer
- Etta Cameron, Bahamian singer (1939–2010)
- Etta Zuber Falconer, American mathematician & academic (1933–2002)
- Etta McDaniel, American actress (1890-1946)
- Etta Moten Barnett, American singer, actress, and activist (1901–2004)

## 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.