Ester
#1,570 for girls in 2025, 134 births · Last seen for boys in 1985 at #5,785
Given to girls 94.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1905 · 85 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 16,265since 1881
Ester over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #1,570 | 134 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,509 | 143 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,407 | 159 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,548 | 138 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,484 | 144 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,654 | 124 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,687 | 124 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,741 | 118 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,655 | 130 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,857 | 111 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,839 | 112 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,781 | 115 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,705 | 122 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,760 | 117 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,708 | 122 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,747 | 119 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,165 | 92 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,642 | 137 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,988 | 103 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,069 | 95 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,668 | 119 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,067 | 88 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,896 | 96 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,821 | 98 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,096 | 79 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,719 | 102 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,753 | 91 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,940 | 78 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,914 | 76 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,980 | 71 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,863 | 75 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,810 | 79 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,033 | 68 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,987 | 69 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,779 | 80 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,011 | 67 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,667 | 82 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,788 | 70 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,918 | 59 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,539 | 79 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,760 | 64 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #1,886 | 56 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,552 | 72 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,325 | 94 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,515 | 79 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,605 | 72 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #1,555 | 74 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,862 | 53 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,637 | 64 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,638 | 60 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,586 | 62 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,323 | 80 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #1,374 | 72 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,226 | 86 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,113 | 106 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #1,247 | 89 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,214 | 84 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #1,231 | 79 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,103 | 89 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #1,119 | 89 | — | |
| 1965 | #933 | 119 | — | |
| 1964 | #888 | 137 | — | |
| 1963 | #884 | 141 | — | |
| 1962 | #890 | 141 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | #895 | 145 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #825 | 160 | — | |
| 1959 | #842 | 147 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #841 | 147 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #832 | 149 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #761 | 164 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #754 | 158 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | #789 | 141 | #1,956 | 16 |
| 1953 | #669 | 180 | — | |
| 1952 | #664 | 178 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #728 | 143 | #1,838 | 17 |
| 1950 | #646 | 177 | #2,111 | 13 |
| 1949 | #628 | 173 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #610 | 183 | #1,943 | 15 |
| 1947 | #637 | 171 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #599 | 173 | #2,143 | 12 |
| 1945 | #651 | 127 | #2,393 | 9 |
| 1944 | #585 | 157 | #1,738 | 16 |
| 1943 | #603 | 156 | #1,699 | 18 |
| 1942 | #611 | 150 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #595 | 140 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1940 | #562 | 152 | #1,983 | 13 |
| 1939 | #602 | 125 | #1,958 | 13 |
| 1938 | #584 | 139 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #510 | 165 | #1,444 | 22 |
| 1936 | #527 | 151 | #1,639 | 17 |
| 1935 | #507 | 158 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #513 | 157 | #1,932 | 14 |
| 1933 | #523 | 147 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1932 | #513 | 163 | #1,848 | 16 |
| 1931 | #477 | 179 | #2,328 | 11 |
| 1930 | #481 | 193 | #1,644 | 20 |
| 1929 | #460 | 207 | #1,793 | 18 |
| 1928 | #453 | 228 | #1,569 | 23 |
| 1927 | #470 | 220 | #1,561 | 24 |
| 1926 | #422 | 263 | #1,515 | 24 |
| 1925 | #410 | 281 | #1,451 | 26 |
| 1924 | #473 | 216 | #1,776 | 20 |
| 1923 | #450 | 230 | #1,874 | 18 |
| 1922 | #419 | 249 | #1,396 | 28 |
| 1921 | #428 | 253 | #2,059 | 16 |
| 1920 | #447 | 226 | #1,505 | 25 |
| 1919 | #420 | 240 | #1,351 | 28 |
| 1918 | #469 | 202 | #1,446 | 25 |
| 1917 | #498 | 175 | #1,396 | 25 |
| 1916 | #451 | 198 | #1,549 | 21 |
| 1915 | #448 | 187 | #1,454 | 22 |
| 1914 | #475 | 134 | #1,003 | 31 |
| 1913 | #451 | 121 | #1,580 | 12 |
| 1912 | #419 | 123 | #1,353 | 13 |
| 1911 | #400 | 101 | #1,190 | 9 |
| 1910 | #411 | 92 | #677 | 19 |
| 1909 | #445 | 69 | #1,020 | 9 |
| 1908 | #468 | 59 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | #389 | 83 | — | |
| 1906 | #423 | 65 | — | |
| 1905 | #367 | 85 | — | |
| 1904 | #450 | 52 | — | |
| 1903 | #482 | 44 | #1,009 | 6 |
| 1902 | #478 | 43 | — | |
| 1901 | #425 | 50 | — | |
| 1900 | #390 | 72 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | #438 | 44 | #928 | 6 |
| 1898 | #415 | 55 | #1,002 | 6 |
| 1897 | #408 | 51 | #942 | 6 |
| 1896 | #440 | 43 | — | |
| 1895 | #440 | 41 | — | |
| 1894 | #457 | 37 | — | |
| 1893 | #439 | 36 | — | |
| 1892 | #460 | 35 | — | |
| 1891 | #589 | 20 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | #524 | 25 | #884 | 6 |
| 1889 | #600 | 18 | — | |
| 1888 | #548 | 21 | #1,031 | 5 |
| 1887 | #693 | 11 | — | |
| 1886 | #556 | 16 | — | |
| 1885 | #658 | 11 | — | |
| 1884 | #583 | 13 | — | |
| 1883 | #651 | 9 | — | |
| 1882 | #596 | 10 | — | |
| 1881 | #740 | 6 | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Ester! It came in at #740, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.
See more about Ester
- 61 spots since 2024 (#1,509 → #1,570)
- 84 spots since 2020 (#1,654 → #1,570)
- 269 spots since 2015 (#1,839 → #1,570)
- Biggest jump: 145 spots in 1888 (#693 → #548)
- Biggest drop: 186 spots in 1966 (#933 → #1,119)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1905 at #367 (85 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1881–1965
- Highest: 1 in 3,431 girls born in 1905 were named Ester (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,995 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 14.6% of all girls named Ester (2,373) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 115 | #548 (1888) | #625 |
| 1890s | 387 | #408 (1897) | #461 |
| 1900s | 622 | #367 (1905) | #432 |
| 1910s | 1,573 | #400 (1911) | #444 |
| 1920s | 2,373 | #410 (1925) | #443 |
| 1930s | 1,577 | #477 (1931) | #524 |
| 1940s | 1,582 | #562 (1940) | #608 |
| 1950s | 1,584 | #646 (1950) | #753 |
| 1960s | 1,184 | #825 (1960) | #998 |
| 1970s | 746 | #1,113 (1971) | #1,456 |
| 1980s | 727 | #1,325 (1982) | #1,656 |
| 1990s | 754 | #1,753 (1999) | #1,907 |
| 2000s | 1,009 | #1,642 (2008) | #1,913 |
| 2010s | 1,190 | #1,655 (2017) | #1,748 |
| 2020s | 842 | #1,407 (2023) | #1,529 |
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.
Ester in 1943
Top girls' names in 1943
Top boys' names in 1943
More about 1943
girls
1,395,293 girls got a published name in 1943; 1 in 8,944 of them was named Ester, which outranked 88.8% of the 5,367 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,427,297 boys got a published name in 1943; 1 in 79,294 of them was named Ester, which outranked 57.9% of the 4,040 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,636Windle19
- #1,636Winthrop19
- #1,636Young19
- #1,699Ester18
- #1,699Adell18
- #1,699Baldemar18
- #1,699Bonifacio18
- #1,764Albino17
- #1,764Alvino17
- #1,764Apolonio17
Tied with 64 names at #1,699; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.