Esther
Rank in 2025
#119
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
2,277
girls 2,277
Peak year
1896
1,964 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
272,206
since 1880
Born an Esther? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Esther was most popular in 1896, when 1,964 babies recorded as girls got the name (8.3 per 1,000). In 2025, 2,277 babies were named Esther, ranking #119 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 24%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,277 | 119 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 2,220 | 130 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 2,026 | 138 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 2,088 | 138 | 5 | 12330 |
| 2021 | 1,847 | 153 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 1,832 | 148 | 5 | 12022 |
| 2019 | 1,732 | 165 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 1,860 | 151 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 1,836 | 165 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 1,814 | 182 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 1,625 | 203 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 1,669 | 199 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 1,440 | 222 | 7 | 9655 |
| 2012 | 1,344 | 237 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 1,356 | 233 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 1,259 | 260 | 6 | 10766 |
| 2009 | 1,254 | 260 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 1,282 | 267 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 1,261 | 272 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 1,158 | 287 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 1,203 | 272 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 1,114 | 294 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 1,103 | 283 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 1,059 | 296 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 1,072 | 293 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 982 | 323 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 994 | 310 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 941 | 321 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 935 | 315 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 890 | 317 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 924 | 300 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 958 | 287 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 907 | 299 | 9 | 5771 |
| 1992 | 948 | 291 | 8 | 6128 |
| 1991 | 935 | 298 | 8 | 5942 |
| 1990 | 983 | 283 | 7 | 6415 |
| 1989 | 903 | 289 | 11 | 4527 |
| 1988 | 913 | 276 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 849 | 288 | 8 | 4968 |
| 1986 | 861 | 284 | 8 | 4853 |
| 1985 | 859 | 288 | 7 | 5147 |
| 1984 | 884 | 271 | 9 | 4215 |
| 1983 | 860 | 273 | 7 | 4907 |
| 1982 | 935 | 267 | 9 | 4234 |
| 1981 | 913 | 272 | 6 | 5468 |
| 1980 | 842 | 295 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 766 | 312 | 7 | 4842 |
| 1978 | 716 | 320 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 767 | 310 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 658 | 336 | 6 | 4935 |
| 1975 | 716 | 320 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 728 | 314 | 6 | 4634 |
| 1973 | 746 | 312 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 691 | 332 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 785 | 332 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 726 | 348 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 707 | 337 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 730 | 322 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 761 | 314 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 869 | 290 | 5 | 3948 |
| 1965 | 966 | 280 | 9 | 2780 |
| 1964 | 1,025 | 285 | 7 | 3282 |
| 1963 | 1,123 | 263 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 1,252 | 252 | 7 | 3305 |
| 1961 | 1,317 | 237 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 1,361 | 234 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 1,356 | 234 | 7 | 3290 |
| 1958 | 1,345 | 226 | 5 | 3944 |
| 1957 | 1,480 | 217 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 1,510 | 209 | 10 | 2628 |
| 1955 | 1,569 | 201 | 5 | 3886 |
| 1954 | 1,633 | 193 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 1,613 | 192 | 7 | 3143 |
| 1952 | 1,712 | 179 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 1,808 | 169 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 1,740 | 162 | 8 | 2770 |
| 1949 | 1,793 | 161 | 8 | 2802 |
| 1948 | 1,847 | 155 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 1,842 | 162 | 9 | 2671 |
| 1946 | 1,778 | 151 | 7 | 2919 |
| 1945 | 1,467 | 160 | 5 | 3338 |
| 1944 | 1,612 | 152 | 11 | 2195 |
| 1943 | 1,758 | 151 | 10 | 2405 |
| 1942 | 1,832 | 142 | 11 | 2268 |
| 1941 | 1,810 | 138 | 16 | 1759 |
| 1940 | 1,900 | 131 | 15 | 1802 |
| 1939 | 2,110 | 117 | 15 | 1795 |
| 1938 | 2,132 | 120 | 22 | 1439 |
| 1937 | 2,156 | 116 | 13 | 1992 |
| 1936 | 2,253 | 107 | 15 | 1801 |
| 1935 | 2,542 | 94 | 19 | 1584 |
| 1934 | 2,579 | 91 | 19 | 1608 |
| 1933 | 2,676 | 88 | 27 | 1281 |
| 1932 | 2,959 | 82 | 19 | 1651 |
| 1931 | 3,034 | 79 | 25 | 1394 |
| 1930 | 3,350 | 77 | 22 | 1559 |
| 1929 | 3,587 | 71 | 20 | 1672 |
| 1928 | 4,096 | 66 | 29 | 1353 |
| 1927 | 4,327 | 64 | 23 | 1603 |
| 1926 | 4,453 | 62 | 20 | 1720 |
| 1925 | 4,726 | 56 | 20 | 1745 |
| 1924 | 5,258 | 51 | 15 | 2132 |
| 1923 | 5,315 | 47 | 13 | 2331 |
| 1922 | 5,474 | 44 | 21 | 1695 |
| 1921 | 5,926 | 42 | 12 | 2502 |
| 1920 | 6,068 | 39 | 17 | 1966 |
| 1919 | 6,248 | 38 | 17 | 1882 |
| 1918 | 6,574 | 38 | 14 | 2165 |
| 1917 | 6,281 | 38 | 17 | 1815 |
| 1916 | 6,421 | 34 | 26 | 1335 |
| 1915 | 6,321 | 33 | 16 | 1782 |
| 1914 | 4,654 | 35 | 14 | 1687 |
| 1913 | 4,090 | 32 | 10 | 1803 |
| 1912 | 3,569 | 33 | 17 | 1137 |
| 1911 | 2,676 | 34 | 13 | 925 |
| 1910 | 2,378 | 38 | 11 | 981 |
| 1909 | 2,185 | 37 | 11 | 893 |
| 1908 | 2,187 | 36 | 8 | 1021 |
| 1907 | 2,062 | 37 | 10 | 866 |
| 1906 | 2,065 | 33 | 5 | 1253 |
| 1905 | 1,993 | 34 | 10 | 786 |
| 1904 | 1,957 | 32 | 5 | 1205 |
| 1903 | 1,883 | 34 | 6 | 1009 |
| 1902 | 1,833 | 35 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 1,844 | 33 | 10 | 683 |
| 1900 | 2,017 | 39 | 6 | 1162 |
| 1899 | 1,823 | 29 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 2,047 | 31 | 7 | 885 |
| 1897 | 1,911 | 28 | 7 | 852 |
| 1896 | 1,964 | 27 | 6 | 982 |
| 1895 | 1,803 | 31 | 16 | 501 |
| 1894 | 1,654 | 36 | 7 | 857 |
| 1893 | 1,382 | 39 | 5 | 1035 |
| 1892 | 824 | 67 | 5 | 1066 |
| 1891 | 710 | 66 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 619 | 75 | 6 | 884 |
| 1889 | 553 | 75 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 572 | 77 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 431 | 79 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 396 | 85 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 320 | 92 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 291 | 99 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 260 | 99 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 266 | 97 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 189 | 105 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 198 | 104 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years