Ethyl
Ethyl is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Ethyl
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ethyl is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Ethyl
Ethyl first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1880, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1915: 92 births, good for #689 nationwide. The 1910s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 27% of all recorded Ethyls. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1971 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 2K Ethyls have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Ethyl
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About the name Ethyl
Ethyl is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Ethyl's peak popularity came in 1915 when it ranked #689. Use the chart and map above to compare Ethyl's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.