Meaning not yet researched.
Esteban: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 673 in 2025. Its best rank was #320 in 2005.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #320 in 2005; #461 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Esteban in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#461 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2005, at #320.
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Esteban: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 673 boys in 2025. Peak: #320 in 2005 · most boys in one year: 1,024 (2005).
In 2025, 673 US boys were named Esteban, making it the 461st most common boys’ name of the year, down 2 places from #459 in 2024. That is 9 fewer than the 682 boys named Esteban in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #320, reached in 2005. That year also had the most boys given the name: 1,024. For comparison, it was #399 in 2015 and #881 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Esteban in 121 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1891 with 5 babies. In all, 35,623 US babies have been given the name, 0.1% of them girls and 99.9% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 8,659 babies named Esteban.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 6,984 US boys were named Esteban; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 762. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,538 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Esteban ranked highest in Texas in 2025, at #225 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Steven (1,297,590 babies since 1880), Stephen (867,669 babies since 1880), Steve (242,131 babies since 1880) and Stephan (27,910 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Estefan, Estaban and Estephan are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Estefan (337), Estaban (234), Estephan (126), Estiben (101).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Esteban in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 21 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 176 | #225 | #241 |
| California | 165 | #227 | #223 |
| Arizona | 34 | #238 | #224 |
| New Mexico | 8 | #246 | #367 |
| Nevada | 10 | #306 | #283 |
| Connecticut | 7 | #406 | #477 |
| Maryland | 10 | #484 | — |
| Illinois | 21 | #492 | #340 |
| Florida | 36 | #501 | #459 |
| Arkansas | 6 | #506 | #576 |
| Oklahoma | 8 | #520 | #533 |
| Washington | 13 | #541 | #354 |
| Georgia | 19 | #547 | #526 |
| Oregon | 6 | #549 | #467 |
| Colorado | 10 | #549 | #446 |
| Mississippi | 5 | #554 | — |
| South Carolina | 8 | #567 | — |
| North Carolina | 17 | #576 | #440 |
| Utah | 7 | #578 | #523 |
| Tennessee | 10 | #687 | #955 |
| Wisconsin | 6 | #716 | #625 |
| Indiana | 8 | #729 | #751 |
| Kentucky | 5 | #741 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 11 | #756 | — |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #818 | #748 |
| New Jersey | 6 | #955 | #405 |
| Virginia | 6 | #1,007 | #556 |
| Michigan | 6 | #1,027 | #832 |
| New York | 10 | #1,153 | #555 |
| Ohio | 6 | #1,153 | #1,269 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 673 | #461 |
| 2024 | — | — | 682 | #459 |
| 2023 | — | — | 703 | #442 |
| 2022 | — | — | 718 | #431 |
| 2021 | — | — | 716 | #435 |
| 2020 | — | — | 633 | #471 |
| 2019 | — | — | 685 | #446 |
| 2018 | — | — | 687 | #441 |
| 2017 | — | — | 725 | #428 |
| 2016 | — | — | 762 | #416 |
| 2015 | — | — | 775 | #399 |
| 2014 | — | — | 790 | #395 |
| 2013 | — | — | 761 | #392 |
| 2012 | — | — | 760 | #392 |
| 2011 | — | — | 764 | #382 |
| 2010 | — | — | 762 | #378 |
| 2009 | — | — | 798 | #382 |
| 2008 | — | — | 853 | #364 |
| 2007 | — | — | 893 | #354 |
| 2006 | — | — | 972 | #331 |
| 2005 | — | — | 1,024 | #320 |
| 2004 | — | — | 810 | #351 |
| 2003 | — | — | 843 | #338 |
| 2002 | — | — | 817 | #336 |
| 2001 | — | — | 827 | #334 |
| 2000 | — | — | 822 | #334 |
| 1999 | — | — | 710 | #368 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,513 | 717 | #363 |
| 1997 | — | — | 699 | #360 |
| 1996 | — | — | 735 | #339 |
| 1995 | 6 | #12,258 | 692 | #354 |
| 1994 | — | — | 619 | #379 |
| 1993 | 5 | #14,186 | 597 | #385 |
| 1992 | 6 | #12,244 | 589 | #389 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,632 | 541 | #417 |
| 1990 | — | — | 557 | #413 |
| 1989 | — | — | 479 | #430 |
| 1988 | — | — | 399 | #451 |
| 1987 | — | — | 344 | #478 |
| 1986 | — | — | 338 | #471 |
| 1985 | — | — | 365 | #448 |
| 1984 | — | — | 313 | #474 |
| 1983 | — | — | 341 | #451 |
| 1982 | — | — | 316 | #477 |
| 1981 | — | — | 356 | #438 |
| 1980 | — | — | 341 | #454 |
| 1979 | — | — | 302 | #473 |
| 1978 | — | — | 274 | #488 |
| 1977 | — | — | 303 | #460 |
| 1976 | — | — | 257 | #498 |
| 1975 | — | — | 261 | #494 |
| 1974 | — | — | 216 | #548 |
| 1973 | — | — | 173 | #601 |
| 1972 | — | — | 193 | #574 |
| 1971 | — | — | 166 | #638 |
| 1970 | — | — | 156 | #656 |
| 1969 | — | — | 146 | #654 |
| 1968 | — | — | 125 | #670 |
| 1967 | — | — | 106 | #721 |
| 1966 | — | — | 127 | #657 |
| 1965 | — | — | 101 | #736 |
| 1964 | — | — | 100 | #765 |
| 1963 | — | — | 85 | #822 |
| 1962 | — | — | 87 | #815 |
| 1961 | — | — | 78 | #868 |
| 1960 | — | — | 80 | #846 |
| 1959 | — | — | 71 | #909 |
| 1958 | — | — | 76 | #868 |
| 1957 | — | — | 68 | #920 |
| 1956 | — | — | 70 | #894 |
| 1955 | — | — | 57 | #996 |
| 1954 | — | — | 46 | #1,105 |
| 1953 | — | — | 68 | #869 |
| 1952 | — | — | 41 | #1,160 |
| 1951 | — | — | 50 | #997 |
| 1950 | — | — | 61 | #881 |
| 1949 | — | — | 61 | #878 |
| 1948 | — | — | 63 | #864 |
| 1947 | — | — | 51 | #1,003 |
| 1946 | — | — | 47 | #989 |
| 1945 | — | — | 36 | #1,090 |
| 1944 | — | — | 48 | #921 |
| 1943 | — | — | 47 | #981 |
| 1942 | — | — | 36 | #1,146 |
| 1941 | — | — | 26 | #1,307 |
| 1940 | — | — | 25 | #1,343 |
| 1939 | — | — | 34 | #1,106 |
| 1938 | — | — | 26 | #1,318 |
| 1937 | — | — | 21 | #1,495 |
| 1936 | — | — | 35 | #1,104 |
| 1935 | — | — | 38 | #1,047 |
| 1934 | — | — | 46 | #933 |
| 1933 | — | — | 30 | #1,212 |
| 1932 | — | — | 32 | #1,204 |
| 1931 | — | — | 45 | #986 |
| 1930 | — | — | 40 | #1,095 |
| 1929 | — | — | 55 | #906 |
| 1928 | — | — | 34 | #1,234 |
| 1927 | — | — | 56 | #914 |
| 1926 | — | — | 45 | #1,040 |
| 1925 | — | — | 52 | #935 |
| 1924 | — | — | 48 | #1,022 |
| 1923 | — | — | 27 | #1,439 |
| 1922 | — | — | 25 | #1,520 |
| 1921 | — | — | 25 | #1,520 |
| 1920 | — | — | 28 | #1,394 |
| 1919 | — | — | 18 | #1,834 |
| 1918 | — | — | 22 | #1,619 |
| 1917 | — | — | 11 | #2,474 |
| 1916 | — | — | 23 | #1,475 |
| 1915 | — | — | 14 | #2,002 |
| 1914 | — | — | 16 | #1,569 |
| 1913 | — | — | 11 | #1,717 |
| 1912 | — | — | 9 | #1,786 |
| 1911 | — | — | 8 | #1,317 |
| 1910 | — | — | 5 | #1,671 |
| 1909 | — | — | 6 | #1,330 |
| 1908 | — | — | 5 | #1,451 |
| 1906 | — | — | 5 | #1,299 |
| 1905 | — | — | 5 | #1,295 |
| 1891 | — | — | 5 | #1,018 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).