Aether

#10,721 in 2025Boys' name

Ether, heaven

Aether has been given to 64 babies in the U.S. since 2017. In 2025 it ranked #10,721 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Aether, 2025

1 in 553,000

Aether over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Aether: meaning, origin, and history

Ether, heaven

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Aether means

Aether means “ether, heaven”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 64 boys were recorded with the name Aether between 2017 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2022; its best national rank was #7,267 in 2024.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #10,631 in 2020 to #10,721 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Aether?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 553,000; 6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 285,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #10,721; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 382,984 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Aether sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Aether. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Aethers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Aether was born before 2022 — so the typical Aether is around 3 today.

Median birth year: 2022; About 3 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 78.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 64; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 78.1% of all recorded uses (50).

Is Aether rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −3,454; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −90; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 54.5%; Peak was 2022 (11)
Years since peak: 3; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 26.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,267; 2024

Spellings of Aether

Aether is not the most common spelling — Peter is, with 43.0% against Aether's <0.01%.

Peter43.0%589,588
Arthur40.0%548,729
Asher8.1%111,227
Luther4.9%66,986
Archer2.3%31,391
Arther0.36%4,993
Ethen0.28%3,858
Auther0.17%2,349

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Aether around the world

Where Aether ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2021–2023
#4,992
in 2023

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Aether by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #10,721
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 90
Best rank ever: #7,267; 2024
Peak year: 2022; 11 that year
First recorded: 2017
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 64
Count in 2025: 6

Names similar to Aether

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Aethan Topher Casher Cypher Lesther Walther Dilsher Jasher Kasher Reacher Escher Prather Osher Matther Ascher Ether Taher Beacher Mather Dasher Richer Munther Ketcher Sher

Sibling names for Aether

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Sydnie Karleigh Rhianna Keren Kendyl Sydni Hayleigh Jaiden

For a brother

Kale Hamilton Aaden Evans Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah

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