girl's name
Ethereal
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 4
- Letters 8
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 27
Ethereal is a girl's name with 4 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 2024, when 7 babies were given the name.
- It is a recent arrival in the birth records.
- Today about 1 in 663,130 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 2019.
- 4 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.
Ethereal over time
Births per decade in the United States, 2010s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
Show the numbers
| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 2010s | 5 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 22 |
How popular is Ethereal?
In 2025, Ethereal was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
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 Ethereal
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Sibling names for Ethereal
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Ethereal — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Ethereal
How popular is the name Ethereal?
In 2025, Ethereal was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Ethereal a girl's or a boy's name?
Ethereal is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Ethereal?
Ethereal has 4 syllables.
When was Ethereal most popular?
Ethereal peaked in 2024, when 7 babies were given the name. It is a recent arrival in the birth records.
Is Ethereal a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Ethereal currently ranks #16,467 in the United States. It is a recent arrival in the birth records. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.