girl's name

Eather

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 559

Eather is a girl's name. In 1987 it was given to 9 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1917, when 21 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1895.

Eather over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1890s to 1980s. The striped bar is the 1980s, still in progress — it covers 1980 to 1987, not a full ten years.

148
'90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '70 '80
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Births named Eather by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1890s 16
1900s 41
1910s 148
1920s 142
1930s 67
1940s 44
1950s 20
1970s 29
1980s (to 1987) 42

How popular is Eather?

In 1987, Eather was given to 9 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Eather is used

France #5,836 5 in 2009
United States #7,606 9 in 1987

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Eather

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Eather also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Eather over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Eather

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Eather — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Eather

How popular is the name Eather?

In 1987, Eather was given to 9 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Eather a girl's or a boy's name?

Eather is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Eather most popular?

Eather peaked in 1917, when 21 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.