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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Ether

Ether was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1900, when it ranked 813th; the most babies were born in 1921 (48). More babies were named Ether in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
192148 babies
Total since 1880
1,285babies recorded

Ether popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 71 since 1914.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980——
1970——
1960——
1950#3,7679
1940#2,61711
1930#1,62724
1920#1,15843
1910#90123
1900#81321
1890#9629
1880——

How popular is Ether, counting every spelling?

Ether has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Ether?

About 200 people born in the US named Ether are alive today, with a median age of 82; half are between 76 and 88. That makes Ether a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Ether by state

How common Ether was among girls born in each state in 1919–1923, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (13.9×), Georgia (3.7×). In 45 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesAR0.08Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesSC0.11District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesLA0.10Mississippi: 0.46 per 1,000 babiesMS0.46Alabama: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesAL0.12Georgia: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesGA0.12Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Ether, girls, 1919–1923. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Ether: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Ether, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Ether

How popular is the name Ether?

Ether was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1900, when it ranked 813th; the most babies were born in 1921 (48). More babies were named Ether in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Ether a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,214 girls and 71 boys.

Where was Ether most popular?

In 1919–1923, Ether was most common in Mississippi (0.46 per 1,000 girls), followed by Alabama and Georgia.