This program allows you to search through the data from the Social Security Administration to see how popular a particular name has been since 1920. Name? Ethel Statistics on name "Ethel" (meaning: Noble) 1920: 41 1930: 81 1940: 144 1950: 239 1960: 471 1970: 890 1980: 0 1990: 0 2000: 0