How Many People Are Named Ether?
people named Ether are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,780,129 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,285 babies named Ether in Social Security records from 1883 to 2018, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
49 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Ether, 90.2% were girls and 9.9% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ether alive today is about 75 years old, and 91% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 73 and 87 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ether first appears in the records in 1883 and was given most often in 1920, to 49 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2018.
Babies given the name each year, 1883 to 2018
🏆 Rank History
Ether has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #813, in 1900.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #813 (1900) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,376 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ether alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ether were born in Mississippi than in any other state: about 56 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ether was given about 30.7 times as often in Mississippi.
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