Thirty years of Etta
Etta in numbers
Etta has climbed from 3 girls in 1999 (its first published year) to 338 in 2025, close to its peak of 353 in 2024. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2020 and 2023, from 200 to 309.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year-4%353 to 338
- 5 years+69%200 to 338
- 10 years+175%123 to 338
- 20 yearsn/aunder 3 in 2005
- Since 1999 (first published)×1133 to 338
- Total, 1996 to 20252,767girls
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 147 · ONS · 353 in 2024
Rank 387 · NRS · 5 in 2024
Fewer than 3 babies, or not published · NISRA
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | =147 | 338 | -4% | 1 in 842 |
| 2024 | 141 | 353 | +14% | 1 in 821 |
| 2023 | =165 | 309 | +7% | 1 in 932 |
| 2022 | =175 | 289 | +10% | 1 in 1,020 |
| 2021 | 199 | 263 | +31% | 1 in 1,159 |
| 2020 | 235 | 200 | +1% | 1 in 1,497 |
| 2019 | =245 | 198 | +25% | 1 in 1,572 |
| 2018 | =298 | 158 | +10% | 1 in 2,022 |
| 2017 | =331 | 144 | +12% | 1 in 2,299 |
| 2016 | 363 | 129 | +5% | 1 in 2,630 |
| 2015 | =368 | 123 | +66% | 1 in 2,762 |
| 2014 | =570 | 74 | +10% | 1 in 4,574 |
| 2013 * | =608 | 67 | +46% | 1 in 5,097 |
| 2012 | =825 | 46 | +92% | 1 in 7,724 |
| 2011 | =1,295 | 24 | +85% | 1 in 14,705 |
| 2010 | =1,993 | 13 | +30% | 1 in 27,092 |
| 2009 | =2,326 | 10 | +100% | 1 in 34,410 |
| 2008 | =3,860 | 5 | +0% | 1 in 69,148 |
| 2007 | =3,667 | 5 | +67% | 1 in 67,100 |
| 2006 | =5,061 | 3 | 1 in 109,055 | |
| 2005 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 2004 | =3,725 | 4 | 1 in 77,843 | |
| 2003 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 2002 | =4,137 | 3 | -50% | 1 in 96,682 |
| 2001 | =2,466 | 6 | 1 in 48,330 | |
| 2000 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1999 | =3,900 | 3 | 1 in 100,869 | |
| 1998 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1997 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1996 | n/a | under 3 |
* ONS’s girls’ 2013 file repeats the May total as April, so the 2013 births total is about 1,360 too high and 1 in X for 2013 is slightly too high. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate