Esta
#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · Last seen for boys in 1926 at #3,708
Given to girls 99.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1891 · 45 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,439since 1880
Esta over time
Rank among girls' names. Esta has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,107 | 9 | — | |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | — | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | — | |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | — | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 | — | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | — | |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | — | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | — | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | — | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | — | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | — | |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | — | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | — | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | — | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | — | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | — | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | — | |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | — | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | — | |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | — | |
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | — | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,938 | 18 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,438 | 14 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,957 | 18 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,432 | 24 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,678 | 19 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,209 | 26 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,276 | 24 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,103 | 27 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,839 | 33 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,295 | 22 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,460 | 45 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,861 | 29 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,396 | 45 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,474 | 39 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,603 | 34 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,313 | 49 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,576 | 36 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,318 | 43 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,187 | 44 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,315 | 37 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,103 | 53 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,206 | 43 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,101 | 45 | — | |
| 1940 | #906 | 63 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,039 | 47 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,045 | 47 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,048 | 46 | — | |
| 1936 | #847 | 64 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,018 | 46 | — | |
| 1934 | #804 | 70 | — | |
| 1933 | #904 | 56 | — | |
| 1932 | #891 | 62 | — | |
| 1931 | #876 | 61 | — | |
| 1930 | #894 | 65 | — | |
| 1929 | #849 | 70 | — | |
| 1928 | #881 | 69 | — | |
| 1927 | #856 | 74 | — | |
| 1926 | #854 | 75 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #758 | 95 | — | |
| 1924 | #797 | 87 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #735 | 98 | — | |
| 1922 | #789 | 85 | — | |
| 1921 | #728 | 102 | — | |
| 1920 | #671 | 117 | — | |
| 1919 | #743 | 89 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #702 | 105 | — | |
| 1917 | #639 | 113 | — | |
| 1916 | #667 | 104 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | #669 | 96 | — | |
| 1914 | #599 | 90 | — | |
| 1913 | #561 | 83 | — | |
| 1912 | #576 | 70 | — | |
| 1911 | #594 | 51 | — | |
| 1910 | #593 | 49 | — | |
| 1909 | #552 | 48 | — | |
| 1908 | #511 | 50 | — | |
| 1907 | #521 | 47 | — | |
| 1906 | #477 | 51 | — | |
| 1905 | #528 | 42 | — | |
| 1904 | #493 | 44 | — | |
| 1903 | #539 | 36 | — | |
| 1902 | #412 | 56 | — | |
| 1901 | #530 | 33 | — | |
| 1900 | #449 | 56 | — | |
| 1899 | #438 | 44 | — | |
| 1898 | #502 | 38 | — | |
| 1897 | #458 | 41 | — | |
| 1896 | #478 | 37 | — | |
| 1895 | #426 | 44 | — | |
| 1894 | #407 | 47 | — | |
| 1893 | #473 | 32 | — | |
| 1892 | #510 | 28 | — | |
| 1891 | #372 | 45 | — | |
| 1890 | #558 | 22 | — | |
| 1889 | #405 | 36 | — | |
| 1888 | #512 | 24 | — | |
| 1887 | #459 | 24 | — | |
| 1886 | #451 | 23 | — | |
| 1885 | #576 | 14 | — | |
| 1884 | #556 | 14 | — | |
| 1883 | #615 | 10 | — | |
| 1882 | #596 | 10 | — | |
| 1881 | #623 | 8 | #866 | 5 |
| 1880 | #580 | 9 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Esta was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1977, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Esta
- 1,015 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #10,107)
- 983 spots since 2020 (#11,090 → #10,107)
- Biggest jump: 186 spots in 1891 (#558 → #372)
- Biggest drop: 214 spots in 1935 (#804 → #1,018)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1891 at #372 (45 births)
- Births halved by 1954, 63 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1880–1934
- Highest: 1 in 4,122 girls born in 1891 were named Esta (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 19.6% of all girls named Esta (872) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 172 | #405 (1889) | #537 |
| 1890s | 378 | #372 (1891) | #462 |
| 1900s | 463 | #412 (1902) | #501 |
| 1910s | 850 | #561 (1913) | #634 |
| 1920s | 872 | #671 (1920) | #792 |
| 1930s | 564 | #804 (1934) | #937 |
| 1940s | 447 | #906 (1940) | #1,263 |
| 1950s | 309 | #1,396 (1951) | #1,959 |
| 1960s | 143 | #2,432 (1960) | #3,679 |
| 1970s | 82 | #4,534 (1971) | #6,063 |
| 1980s | 52 | #6,788 (1987) | #9,209 |
| 1990s | 24 | #9,586 (1994) | #12,231 |
| 2000s | 5 | #17,168 (2006) | #17,168 |
| 2010s | 47 | #9,736 (2019) | #12,728 |
| 2020s | 31 | #10,107 (2025) | #11,478 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Esta in 1916
Top girls' names in 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
girls
1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 10,042 of them was named Esta, which outranked 87.1% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 148,347 of them was named Esta, which outranked 22.5% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).