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Ester: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 134 in 2025. Its best rank was #368 in 1905.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #368 in 1905; #1,574 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Ester in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,574 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1905, at #368.
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Ester: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 134 girls in 2025. Peak: #368 in 1905 · most girls in one year: 281 (1925).
In 2025, 134 US girls were named Ester, making it the 1,574th most common girls’ name of the year, down 60 places from #1,514 in 2024. That is 9 fewer than the 143 girls named Ester in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #368, reached in 1905. The most girls given the name in a single year was 281, in 1925. For comparison, it was #1,842 in 2015 and #646 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ester in 145 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 6 babies. In all, 17,156 US babies have been given the name, 95% of them girls and 5.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 2,595 babies named Ester.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,325 US girls were named Ester; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 159. In 2025 that was about 1 in 11,995 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ester ranked highest in Maryland in 2025, at #760 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Esther (272,206 babies since 1880), Aster (1,108 babies since 1880) and Easter (5,579 babies since 1880).
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.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Czech, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Italian and Swedish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
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 Ester in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 43 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 6 | #760 | — |
| Massachusetts | 6 | #800 | — |
| New Jersey | 8 | #875 | — |
| New York | 16 | #958 | #1,029 |
| Florida | 14 | #1,076 | #1,921 |
| Georgia | 7 | #1,255 | #1,587 |
| Texas | 11 | #1,951 | #1,567 |
| California | 9 | #2,155 | #1,962 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 134 | #1,574 | — | — |
| 2024 | 143 | #1,514 | — | — |
| 2023 | 159 | #1,409 | — | — |
| 2022 | 138 | #1,549 | — | — |
| 2021 | 144 | #1,486 | — | — |
| 2020 | 124 | #1,658 | — | — |
| 2019 | 124 | #1,689 | — | — |
| 2018 | 118 | #1,744 | — | — |
| 2017 | 130 | #1,658 | — | — |
| 2016 | 111 | #1,858 | — | — |
| 2015 | 112 | #1,842 | — | — |
| 2014 | 115 | #1,785 | — | — |
| 2013 | 122 | #1,706 | — | — |
| 2012 | 117 | #1,765 | — | — |
| 2011 | 122 | #1,709 | — | — |
| 2010 | 119 | #1,748 | — | — |
| 2009 | 92 | #2,173 | — | — |
| 2008 | 137 | #1,646 | — | — |
| 2007 | 103 | #1,992 | — | — |
| 2006 | 95 | #2,074 | — | — |
| 2005 | 119 | #1,673 | — | — |
| 2004 | 88 | #2,073 | — | — |
| 2003 | 96 | #1,903 | — | — |
| 2002 | 98 | #1,827 | — | — |
| 2001 | 79 | #2,105 | — | — |
| 2000 | 102 | #1,720 | — | — |
| 1999 | 91 | #1,759 | — | — |
| 1998 | 78 | #1,944 | — | — |
| 1997 | 76 | #1,915 | — | — |
| 1996 | 71 | #1,982 | — | — |
| 1995 | 75 | #1,866 | — | — |
| 1994 | 79 | #1,814 | — | — |
| 1993 | 68 | #2,037 | — | — |
| 1992 | 69 | #1,991 | — | — |
| 1991 | 80 | #1,785 | — | — |
| 1990 | 67 | #2,014 | — | — |
| 1989 | 82 | #1,670 | — | — |
| 1988 | 70 | #1,789 | — | — |
| 1987 | 59 | #1,926 | — | — |
| 1986 | 79 | #1,543 | — | — |
| 1985 | 64 | #1,768 | 6 | #6,025 |
| 1984 | 56 | #1,889 | — | — |
| 1983 | 72 | #1,553 | — | — |
| 1982 | 94 | #1,328 | — | — |
| 1981 | 79 | #1,518 | — | — |
| 1980 | 72 | #1,614 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1979 | 74 | #1,559 | — | — |
| 1978 | 53 | #1,869 | — | — |
| 1977 | 64 | #1,643 | — | — |
| 1976 | 60 | #1,643 | — | — |
| 1975 | 62 | #1,590 | — | — |
| 1974 | 80 | #1,325 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1973 | 72 | #1,382 | — | — |
| 1972 | 86 | #1,228 | — | — |
| 1971 | 106 | #1,113 | 7 | #4,106 |
| 1970 | 89 | #1,250 | — | — |
| 1969 | 84 | #1,218 | 5 | #4,602 |
| 1968 | 79 | #1,233 | — | — |
| 1967 | 89 | #1,108 | 6 | #3,685 |
| 1966 | 89 | #1,122 | — | — |
| 1965 | 119 | #934 | — | — |
| 1964 | 137 | #888 | — | — |
| 1963 | 141 | #884 | — | — |
| 1962 | 141 | #892 | 6 | #3,761 |
| 1961 | 145 | #897 | 5 | #4,254 |
| 1960 | 160 | #825 | — | — |
| 1959 | 147 | #842 | 7 | #3,378 |
| 1958 | 147 | #842 | 8 | #3,119 |
| 1957 | 149 | #832 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1956 | 164 | #762 | 5 | #4,121 |
| 1955 | 158 | #756 | 7 | #3,292 |
| 1954 | 141 | #790 | 16 | #1,987 |
| 1953 | 180 | #670 | — | — |
| 1952 | 178 | #665 | 9 | #2,739 |
| 1951 | 143 | #730 | 17 | #1,858 |
| 1950 | 177 | #646 | 13 | #2,138 |
| 1949 | 173 | #628 | 6 | #3,445 |
| 1948 | 183 | #610 | 15 | #1,969 |
| 1947 | 171 | #637 | 10 | #2,548 |
| 1946 | 173 | #599 | 12 | #2,188 |
| 1945 | 127 | #652 | 9 | #2,452 |
| 1944 | 157 | #586 | 16 | #1,763 |
| 1943 | 156 | #603 | 18 | #1,725 |
| 1942 | 150 | #611 | 10 | #2,425 |
| 1941 | 140 | #595 | 13 | #2,026 |
| 1940 | 152 | #562 | 13 | #2,016 |
| 1939 | 125 | #604 | 13 | #1,992 |
| 1938 | 139 | #585 | 7 | #2,961 |
| 1937 | 165 | #511 | 22 | #1,463 |
| 1936 | 151 | #529 | 17 | #1,667 |
| 1935 | 158 | #508 | 7 | #3,055 |
| 1934 | 157 | #514 | 14 | #1,961 |
| 1933 | 147 | #523 | 17 | #1,728 |
| 1932 | 163 | #514 | 16 | #1,869 |
| 1931 | 179 | #478 | 11 | #2,372 |
| 1930 | 193 | #482 | 20 | #1,662 |
| 1929 | 207 | #460 | 18 | #1,816 |
| 1928 | 228 | #454 | 23 | #1,581 |
| 1927 | 220 | #471 | 24 | #1,574 |
| 1926 | 263 | #422 | 24 | #1,533 |
| 1925 | 281 | #411 | 26 | #1,470 |
| 1924 | 216 | #473 | 20 | #1,796 |
| 1923 | 230 | #451 | 18 | #1,895 |
| 1922 | 249 | #420 | 28 | #1,411 |
| 1921 | 253 | #429 | 16 | #2,091 |
| 1920 | 226 | #447 | 25 | #1,521 |
| 1919 | 240 | #420 | 28 | #1,362 |
| 1918 | 202 | #469 | 25 | #1,462 |
| 1917 | 175 | #498 | 25 | #1,409 |
| 1916 | 198 | #453 | 21 | #1,565 |
| 1915 | 187 | #448 | 22 | #1,473 |
| 1914 | 134 | #476 | 31 | #1,007 |
| 1913 | 121 | #452 | 12 | #1,609 |
| 1912 | 123 | #420 | 13 | #1,379 |
| 1911 | 101 | #400 | 9 | #1,218 |
| 1910 | 92 | #411 | 19 | #686 |
| 1909 | 69 | #448 | 9 | #1,045 |
| 1908 | 59 | #469 | 6 | #1,270 |
| 1907 | 83 | #390 | — | — |
| 1906 | 65 | #424 | — | — |
| 1905 | 85 | #368 | — | — |
| 1904 | 52 | #454 | — | — |
| 1903 | 44 | #483 | 6 | #1,050 |
| 1902 | 43 | #481 | — | — |
| 1901 | 50 | #425 | — | — |
| 1900 | 72 | #391 | 7 | #1,082 |
| 1899 | 44 | #440 | 6 | #968 |
| 1898 | 55 | #415 | 6 | #1,043 |
| 1897 | 51 | #409 | 6 | #984 |
| 1896 | 43 | #442 | — | — |
| 1895 | 41 | #444 | — | — |
| 1894 | 37 | #458 | — | — |
| 1893 | 36 | #441 | — | — |
| 1892 | 35 | #462 | — | — |
| 1891 | 20 | #599 | 6 | #884 |
| 1890 | 25 | #527 | 6 | #927 |
| 1889 | 18 | #607 | — | — |
| 1888 | 21 | #555 | 5 | #1,081 |
| 1887 | 11 | #706 | — | — |
| 1886 | 16 | #560 | — | — |
| 1885 | 11 | #669 | — | — |
| 1884 | 13 | #597 | — | — |
| 1883 | 9 | #665 | — | — |
| 1882 | 10 | #611 | — | — |
| 1881 | 6 | #769 | — | — |
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).