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“Variant of Henrietta — Ruler of the home” — Germanic, via Henrietta/Henry origin
Girl's name · #930 in the US (2025) · Comeback
Etta was #72 in 1880, slipped to #12473 by 2001, and has climbed back to #930 today. Roughly 43,000 girls have been named Etta since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. In North Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin it runs 4–8× its national rate. Its center of gravity has moved: strongest in the South in the 1940s and 1950s, strongest in the Midwest today.
Around the world: about 1 in 750 girls in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 1,300 girls in New Zealand (2025) · about 1 in 2,200 girls in Scotland (2025).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 32 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 68 notable people named Etta:
Entertainers appear 2.18× more often than among typical names — e.g. Etta James, American singer (1938–2012).
Similar names: Henny · Luella · Greta · Lula · Ida · Della
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