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How popular is “Ether” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ether” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Ether” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Ether” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Ether” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Ether” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Ether” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ether” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1883 5 0.000023047 5 100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 100%
1889 8 0.000027687 8 100%
1890 9 0.000029861 9 100%
1891 8 0.000027906 8 100%
1892 7 0.000020935 7 100%
1893 6 0.000018449 6 100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 100%
1895 8 0.000022791 8 100%
1896 8 0.000022379 8 100%
1897 10 0.000028822 10 100%
1898 16 0.000041945 16 100%
1899 6 0.000017687 6 100%
1900 21 0.00004664 21 100%
1901 9 0.000026026 9 100%
1902 17 0.000043958 17 100%
1903 11 0.000028856 11 100%
1904 12 0.000029741 12 100%
1905 12 0.000028307 12 100%
1906 12 0.000028008 12 100%
1907 12 0.000025785 12 100%
1908 18 0.000036836 18 100%
1909 15 0.000029341 15 100%
1910 23 0.000038936 23 100%
1911 16 0.000024834 16 100%
1912 15 0.000015181 15 100%
1913 11 0.000009674 11 100%
1914 33 0.000023299 28 5 70%
1915 36 0.000019646 31 5 72%
1916 20 0.000010339 20 100%
1917 32 0.000015946 32 100%
1918 21 0.000009672 21 100%
1919 46 0.000021798 40 6 74%
1920 49 0.000021656 43 6 76%
1921 48 0.000020561 48 100%
1922 38 0.0000166 30 8 58%
1923 34 0.000014767 34 100%
1924 43 0.000018055 38 5 77%
1925 28 0.000012 28 100%
1926 28 0.000012196 28 100%
1927 49 0.000021127 41 8 67%
1928 23 0.000010173 23 100%
1929 21 0.00000958 21 100%
1930 29 0.000013044 24 5 66%
1931 32 0.000015206 32 100%
1932 24 0.000011367 24 100%
1933 27 0.000013504 27 100%
1934 22 0.000010593 22 100%
1935 19 0.000009091 14 5 47%
1936 24 0.000011552 24 100%
1937 26 0.000012203 26 100%
1938 21 0.000009491 21 100%
1939 10 0.000004538 10 100%
1940 11 0.000004777 11 100%
1941 11 0.000004515 11 100%
1942 14 0.000005125 14 100%
1943 17 0.000006023 17 100%
1944 12 0.000004461 12 100%
1945 13 0.0000049 13 100%
1946 8 0.000002504 8 100%
1947 12 0.000003331 12 100%
1948 9 0.000002607 9 100%
1949 10 0.00000287 10 100%
1950 9 0.000002569 9 100%
1951 7 0.0000019 7 100%
1952 13 0.000003423 13 100%
1954 5 0.000001256 5 100%
1955 9 0.000002242 9 100%
1957 6 0.000001428 6 100%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 100%
2013 6 0.000001646 6 -100%
2016 7 0.000001908 7 -100%
2018 5 0.000001422 5 -100%

Explore other names

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