Holding steady.
Popularity of Etoile since 1904
Babies named Etoile per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 1915, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Etoile's real moment was 1908.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1900s | 23 |
| 1910s | 75 |
| 1920s | 55 |
| 1930s | 36 |
| 1940s | 12 |
| 1950s | 0 |
| 1960s | 0 |
| 1970s | 0 |
| 1980s | 0 |
| 1990s | 0 |
| 2000s | 0 |
| 2010s | 0 |
| 2020s | 0 |
Meaning & origin
Etoile is a French word name meaning 'star', a direct borrowing that has never achieved widespread popularity in the United States. Its first recorded use in U.S. data dates to 1904, and its peak year came shortly after in 1908, when a handful of newborns received the name. Since then, its trajectory has been stable but extremely rare, with no significant resurgence. In 2025, the name continues to be chosen occasionally, but it remains outside the top 1000 and is not common enough to compute a 1-in-N statistic. The lack of top states suggests the name is chosen by a small number of families spread across the country, rather than concentrated in any region.
Etoile directly comes from the French word for 'star', originating from the Latin 'stella'. It has been used as a given name in French-speaking cultures, often as a poetic or aspirational name. Its use in English-speaking countries is rare but occasionally chosen for its elegant and celestial connotation.
Nicknames & variants
Variants: Étoile
Sibling names for Etoile
Names that share Etoile's style, for a brother or sister.
