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 1950
Top girls' names in 1950
Top boys' names in 1950
More about 1950
girls
1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 9,678 of them was named Ester, which outranked 89.4% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 137,712 of them was named Ester, which outranked 49.7% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,019Waddell14
- #2,019Winton14
- #2,019Zeb14
- #2,111Ester13
- #2,111Alois13
- #2,111Alonso13
- #2,111Alphonza13
- #2,207Adrain12
- #2,207Alvan12
- #2,207Alwyn12
Tied with 95 names at #2,111; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.