Ethna

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Ethna has been given to 38 babies in the U.S. since 1892. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1921, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Ethna, 1924

1 in 340,000

Ethna over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ethna: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ethna means

Ethna is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Ethna is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 38 girls were recorded with the name Ethna between 1892 and 1924. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1921; its best national rank was #1,529 in 1892.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Ethna?

Ethna had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1924, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1924: 1 in 340,000; 7 of 2,381,562 births
Among girls only: 1 in 178,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1924: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 235,826 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ethna sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1924 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 235,826 children born in 1924 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ethna. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ethnas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ethna was born before 1921 — so the typical Ethna is around 104 today.

Median birth year: 1921; About 104 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 60.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 86.8%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 60.5% of all recorded uses (23).

Is Ethna rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1921 (9)
Years since peak: 104; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 22.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,529; 1892

Spellings of Ethna

Ethna is not the most common spelling — Edna is, with 24.6% against Ethna's <0.01%.

Edna24.6%295,116
Tina24.4%292,146
Ethel23.3%278,922
Elena9.0%108,013
Athena4.4%53,118
Etta3.6%43,268
Thea1.7%20,113
Letha1.6%19,137

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Ethna around the world

Where Ethna ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

Ireland
1964–1991
#515
in 1991

Popularity data from Central Statistics Office. CSO data under CC BY 4.0.

Ethna by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,529; 1892
Peak year: 1921; 9 that year
First recorded: 1892
Last recorded: 1924
All-time count: 38
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Ethna

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Ethena Ethal Ethie Ethne Yahna Ethereal Ethany Ethelee Ethan Ethell Zahna Ethil Ethny Ethelle Jehna Shahna Ethele Ethleen Dahna Tyahna Deahna Ushna Riahna Giahna

Sibling names for Ethna

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Rubie Tressie Lavinia Myrtis Margarette Adell Idella Dortha

For a brother

Hardy Antone Harmon Arlie Burl Dewitt Patsy Milford

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