Baby name

Ether

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94% girls / 6% boys

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Classic name

Ether peaked in 1921, when 1 baby in 48,634 was given the name. It has stood the test of time: births were recorded in 71 of the 146 years since 1880. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published.

1,214births since 1880

1920sgeneration

No. 1092rank at its peak, in 1921

Where babies named Ether are born

1921

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The darker the blue, the more common Ether is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Ether is most common in Mississippi (32.3 times), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Ethel 278,922
Esther 271,234

Names from the same era

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Girls and boys, decade by decade

Decade	Girls	Boys
1880s	100%	0%
1890s	100%	0%
1900s	100%	0%
1910s	94%	6%
1920s	93%	7%
1930s	96%	4%
1940s	100%	0%
1950s	100%	0%
1960s	100%	0%
2010s	0%	100%