Ether
- Last seen for girls in 1964 at #6,009
- Last seen for boys in 2018 at #12,156
- Given to girls 94.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1900 · 21 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,214since 1883
Ether over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #9,664 | 7 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #10,728 | 6 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
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| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | — | |
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| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | — | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | — | |
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 | — | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | — | |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,458 | 13 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,625 | 12 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,151 | 17 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,416 | 14 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,703 | 21 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,451 | 26 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,507 | 24 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,206 | 14 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #1,603 | 22 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,400 | 27 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,568 | 24 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,287 | 32 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,607 | 24 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #1,766 | 21 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,738 | 23 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,213 | 41 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #1,541 | 28 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,576 | 28 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,301 | 38 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #1,350 | 34 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,508 | 30 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #1,092 | 48 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,152 | 43 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #1,177 | 40 | #3,736 | 6 |
| 1918 | #1,805 | 21 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,281 | 32 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,739 | 20 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,258 | 31 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | #1,147 | 28 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,421 | 15 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,113 | 16 | — | |
| 1910 | #896 | 23 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,052 | 15 | — | |
| 1908 | #939 | 18 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,142 | 12 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,101 | 12 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,093 | 12 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,050 | 12 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,076 | 11 | — | |
| 1902 | #849 | 17 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 | — | |
| 1900 | #803 | 21 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | — | |
| 1898 | #840 | 16 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,037 | 10 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,213 | 8 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,277 | 6 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1890 | #940 | 9 | — | |
| 1889 | #950 | 8 | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | #897 | 7 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | #920 | 5 | — | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1883
The first year at least five girls were named Ether! It came in at #920, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1885, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Ether is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Ether in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Ether
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1964
- Biggest jump: 591 spots in 1900
- Biggest drop: 554 spots in 1899
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1900 at #803 (21 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1889–1890
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,275
- Highest: 1 in 14,275 girls born in 1900 were named Ether (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 315,809 girls born in 1964 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 27.5% of all girls named Ether (334) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2013
- Mostly girls until 2012, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 20 | #897 (1886) | #922 |
| 1890s | 83 | #840 (1898) | #1,157 |
| 1900s | 139 | #803 (1900) | #1,024 |
| 1910s | 237 | #896 (1910) | #1,372 |
| 1920s | 334 | #1,092 (1921) | #1,424 |
| 1930s | 224 | #1,287 (1931) | #1,707 |
| 1940s | 117 | #2,151 (1943) | #2,860 |
| 1950s | 54 | #3,040 (1952) | #4,627 |
| 1960s | 6 | #6,009 (1964) | #6,009 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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