Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ether*

#5,979 most common girls' name of all time · #10,099 across all names · 6% male / 94% female · used 1883–2018 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#5,979
Rank overall
#10,099 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
74 of 146
All-time
1,285
Since 2016
12
Peak year
1920 #1,159
Best rank
#827 1900
Girls Boys peak 49/yr
190019201940196019802000

Ether first appears in 1883. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2018 5 5
2016 7 7
2013 6 6
1964 6 6 #6,064
1958 5 5 #6,167
1957 6 6 #5,431
1955 9 9 #4,103
1954 5 5 #5,825
1952 13 13 #3,066
1951 7 7 #4,431
1950 9 9 #3,699
1949 10 10 #3,425
1948 9 9 #3,626
1947 12 12 #3,096
1946 8 8 #3,707
1945 13 13 #2,487
1944 12 12 #2,659
1943 17 17 #2,169
1942 14 14 #2,438
1941 11 11 #2,705
1940 11 11 #2,611
1939 10 10 #2,768
1938 21 21 #1,713
1937 26 26 #1,467
1936 24 24 #1,516
1935 14 5 19 #2,226
1934 22 22 #1,619
1933 27 27 #1,410
1932 24 24 #1,579
1931 32 32 #1,297
1930 24 5 29 #1,623
1929 21 21 #1,778
1928 23 23 #1,753
1927 41 8 49 #1,219
1926 28 28 #1,558
1925 28 28 #1,591
1924 38 5 43 #1,310
1923 34 34 #1,361
1922 30 8 38 #1,516
1921 48 48 #1,101
1920 43 6 49 #1,159
1919 40 6 46 #1,183
1918 21 21 #1,830
1917 32 32 #1,292
1916 20 20 #1,762
1915 31 5 36 #1,266
1914 28 5 33 #1,162
1913 11 11 #1,933
1912 15 15 #1,440
1911 16 16 #1,138
1910 23 23 #908
1909 15 15 #1,074
1908 18 18 #957
1907 12 12 #1,170
1906 12 12 #1,124
1905 12 12 #1,124
1904 12 12 #1,074
1903 11 11 #1,106
1902 17 17 #867
1901 9 9 #1,175
1900 21 21 #827
1899 6 6 #1,457
1898 16 16 #873
1897 10 10 #1,076
1896 8 8 #1,256
1895 8 8 #1,252
1894 5 5 #1,558
1893 6 6 #1,347
1892 7 7 #1,233
1891 8 8 #1,063
1890 9 9 #993
1889 8 8 #1,005
1886 7 7 #969
1883 5 5 #1,021