How Many People Are Named Ettel?
An estimated 202 people in the United States have the first name Ettel. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 11 years old, and Ettel peaked in popularity in 2020 with 16 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Ettel as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Ettel paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
202
About 1 in 1,696,804 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
11
years old
Peak Year
2020
16 births
Total Registered
204
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Ettel
Ettel is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 204 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Ettel as a female name
Ranked #8,072 in 2024
13 female births in 2024
Peak: 2020 (16 births)
Ettel: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Ettel span from the 2000s to the 2020s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 88 babies were registered. While Ettel is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Ettel by Decade
How has Ettel tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Ettel by State
Ettel + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Ettel as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Ettel: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Ettel?
We estimate approximately 202 people named Ettel are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,696,804 Americans share this first name.
Is Ettel a common name?
Ettel is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 74.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 204 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Ettel most popular?
Ettel reached peak popularity in 2020, when 16 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Ettel is approximately 11 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Ettel a female name?
Ettel is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Ettel Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Ettel Smith, Ettel Johnson, Ettel Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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