Ethna

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ethna: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ethna: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #202, and it was last ranked in 1991.

1registrar recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#202highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Republic of Ireland · Girls

Falling

among girls in Republic of Ireland · 1964–1991

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Republic of Ireland · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1964	#226
1965	#202
1966	#288
1967	#205
1968	#216
1969	#284
1970	#243
1971	#289
1972	#285
1973	#248
1974	#374
1975	#503
1976	#298
1977	#429
1978	#258
1979	#346
1980	#483
1981	#423
1982	#523
1989	#445
1991	#515

VerifiedSource: CSO Ireland — Irish Babies' Names.Confidence: high.

See all Republic of Ireland names · Source: CSO Ireland — Irish Babies' Names

What the data shows

FallingRepublic of Ireland · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 21 of the 28 years from 1964 to 1991.

Official data for Republic of Ireland, 1964–1991 · CSO Ireland. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #226 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–1991
Highest recorded position: #202 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1965 (recorded 1964–1991).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent1991
Most recently recorded at #515 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1991.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Ethna by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ethna in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	68	6 of 10	11
1970s	94	10 of 10	9
1980s	16	4 of 10	4
1990s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Ethna appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Republic of Ireland from 1964 to 1991. Highest recorded position: #202 in Republic of Ireland in 1965.

Ethna's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#423	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#483	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#346	8	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#258	15	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	5	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#298	10	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	6	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#248	16	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#285	10	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#289	9	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#243	12	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	9	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#216	15	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#205	14	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	6	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#202	14	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#226	10	High	Verified

Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1964 and 1991, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #202, first reached in 1965.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1973.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aashild · #202, 20y
Dervilla · #202, 18y
Nerijus · #202, 21y
Dagmar · #203, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Dervilla · #202, 18y
Dora · #202, 43y
Padraigh · #202, 30y
Brona · #203, 49y

Ethna was ranked #202 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1965. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ethna and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ethna without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Ethna

Jade Compare
In 1981 they stood at #423 and #533 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1982 that had become #523 and #333.
Jenny Compare
In 1979 they stood at #346 and #363 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1980 that had become #483 and #297.
Leanne Compare
In 1978 they stood at #258 and #281 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1979 that had become #346 and #170.
Cassandra Compare
In 1981 they stood at #423 and #471 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1982 that had become #523 and #355.

Moved the opposite way to Ethna

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 1991 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ethna went from #226 to #515 while Aisling went from #154 to #8.
Alison Compare
Between 1964 and 1991 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ethna went from #226 to #515 while Alison went from #146 to #39.
Amanda Compare
Between 1964 and 1991 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ethna went from #226 to #515 while Amanda went from #118 to #39.
Aoife Compare
Between 1964 and 1991 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ethna went from #226 to #515 while Aoife went from #206 to #4.

Moved the same way as Ethna

Alice Compare
Between 1964 and 1991 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ethna went from #226 to #515 and Alice from #57 to #99.
Amelia Compare
Between 1964 and 1991 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ethna went from #226 to #515 and Amelia from #300 to #457.
Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 1991 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ethna went from #226 to #515 and Angela from #24 to #133.
Ann Compare
Between 1964 and 1991 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ethna went from #226 to #515 and Ann from #4 to #54.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for Republic of Ireland from 1964 to 1991. Highest recorded position: #202 in Republic of Ireland in 1965. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Ethna

Ethna at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ethna by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Ethna appears in

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Ethna at a glance

Ethna by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Ethna appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Ethna

Ethna and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Ethna

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Moved the same way as Ethna