Ester*
#1,145 most common girls' name of all time · #2,031 across all names · 5% male / 95% female · used 1881–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#1,145
Rank overall
#2,031 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
17,156
Since 2016
1,325
Peak year
1925 #412
Best rank
#371 1905
Girls
Boys
peak 307/yr
Ester first appears in 1881. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 134 | — | 134 | #1,571 |
| 2024 | 143 | — | 143 | #1,512 |
| 2023 | 159 | — | 159 | #1,408 |
| 2022 | 138 | — | 138 | #1,548 |
| 2021 | 144 | — | 144 | #1,484 |
| 2020 | 124 | — | 124 | #1,657 |
| 2019 | 124 | — | 124 | #1,688 |
| 2018 | 118 | — | 118 | #1,742 |
| 2017 | 130 | — | 130 | #1,657 |
| 2016 | 111 | — | 111 | #1,858 |
| 2015 | 112 | — | 112 | #1,839 |
| 2014 | 115 | — | 115 | #1,781 |
| 2013 | 122 | — | 122 | #1,707 |
| 2012 | 117 | — | 117 | #1,760 |
| 2011 | 122 | — | 122 | #1,709 |
| 2010 | 119 | — | 119 | #1,748 |
| 2009 | 92 | — | 92 | #2,165 |
| 2008 | 137 | — | 137 | #1,642 |
| 2007 | 103 | — | 103 | #1,989 |
| 2006 | 95 | — | 95 | #2,071 |
| 2005 | 119 | — | 119 | #1,671 |
| 2004 | 88 | — | 88 | #2,068 |
| 2003 | 96 | — | 96 | #1,898 |
| 2002 | 98 | — | 98 | #1,824 |
| 2001 | 79 | — | 79 | #2,100 |
| 2000 | 102 | — | 102 | #1,720 |
| 1999 | 91 | — | 91 | #1,754 |
| 1998 | 78 | — | 78 | #1,943 |
| 1997 | 76 | — | 76 | #1,915 |
| 1996 | 71 | — | 71 | #1,980 |
| 1995 | 75 | — | 75 | #1,865 |
| 1994 | 79 | — | 79 | #1,812 |
| 1993 | 68 | — | 68 | #2,034 |
| 1992 | 69 | — | 69 | #1,990 |
| 1991 | 80 | — | 80 | #1,783 |
| 1990 | 67 | — | 67 | #2,011 |
| 1989 | 82 | — | 82 | #1,667 |
| 1988 | 70 | — | 70 | #1,790 |
| 1987 | 59 | — | 59 | #1,921 |
| 1986 | 79 | — | 79 | #1,539 |
| 1985 | 64 | 6 | 70 | #1,768 |
| 1984 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,889 |
| 1983 | 72 | — | 72 | #1,553 |
| 1982 | 94 | — | 94 | #1,326 |
| 1981 | 79 | — | 79 | #1,517 |
| 1980 | 72 | 5 | 77 | #1,606 |
| 1979 | 74 | — | 74 | #1,557 |
| 1978 | 53 | — | 53 | #1,867 |
| 1977 | 64 | — | 64 | #1,641 |
| 1976 | 60 | — | 60 | #1,641 |
| 1975 | 62 | — | 62 | #1,589 |
| 1974 | 80 | 5 | 85 | #1,325 |
| 1973 | 72 | — | 72 | #1,375 |
| 1972 | 86 | — | 86 | #1,228 |
| 1971 | 106 | 7 | 113 | #1,113 |
| 1970 | 89 | — | 89 | #1,248 |
| 1969 | 84 | 5 | 89 | #1,216 |
| 1968 | 79 | — | 79 | #1,232 |
| 1967 | 89 | 6 | 95 | #1,105 |
| 1966 | 89 | — | 89 | #1,121 |
| 1965 | 119 | — | 119 | #935 |
| 1964 | 137 | — | 137 | #889 |
| 1963 | 141 | — | 141 | #885 |
| 1962 | 141 | 6 | 147 | #892 |
| 1961 | 145 | 5 | 150 | #896 |
| 1960 | 160 | — | 160 | #825 |
| 1959 | 147 | 7 | 154 | #842 |
| 1958 | 147 | 8 | 155 | #842 |
| 1957 | 149 | 8 | 157 | #833 |
| 1956 | 164 | 5 | 169 | #761 |
| 1955 | 158 | 7 | 165 | #756 |
| 1954 | 141 | 16 | 157 | #790 |
| 1953 | 180 | — | 180 | #671 |
| 1952 | 178 | 9 | 187 | #665 |
| 1951 | 143 | 17 | 160 | #731 |
| 1950 | 177 | 13 | 190 | #646 |
| 1949 | 173 | 6 | 179 | #628 |
| 1948 | 183 | 15 | 198 | #612 |
| 1947 | 171 | 10 | 181 | #637 |
| 1946 | 173 | 12 | 185 | #600 |
| 1945 | 127 | 9 | 136 | #653 |
| 1944 | 157 | 16 | 173 | #585 |
| 1943 | 156 | 18 | 174 | #603 |
| 1942 | 150 | 10 | 160 | #612 |
| 1941 | 140 | 13 | 153 | #597 |
| 1940 | 152 | 13 | 165 | #564 |
| 1939 | 125 | 13 | 138 | #603 |
| 1938 | 139 | 7 | 146 | #585 |
| 1937 | 165 | 22 | 187 | #511 |
| 1936 | 151 | 17 | 168 | #528 |
| 1935 | 158 | 7 | 165 | #508 |
| 1934 | 157 | 14 | 171 | #514 |
| 1933 | 147 | 17 | 164 | #524 |
| 1932 | 163 | 16 | 179 | #513 |
| 1931 | 179 | 11 | 190 | #477 |
| 1930 | 193 | 20 | 213 | #482 |
| 1929 | 207 | 18 | 225 | #460 |
| 1928 | 228 | 23 | 251 | #453 |
| 1927 | 220 | 24 | 244 | #472 |
| 1926 | 263 | 24 | 287 | #424 |
| 1925 | 281 | 26 | 307 | #412 |
| 1924 | 216 | 20 | 236 | #474 |
| 1923 | 230 | 18 | 248 | #451 |
| 1922 | 249 | 28 | 277 | #419 |
| 1921 | 253 | 16 | 269 | #429 |
| 1920 | 226 | 25 | 251 | #447 |
| 1919 | 240 | 28 | 268 | #420 |
| 1918 | 202 | 25 | 227 | #471 |
| 1917 | 175 | 25 | 200 | #498 |
| 1916 | 198 | 21 | 219 | #454 |
| 1915 | 187 | 22 | 209 | #450 |
| 1914 | 134 | 31 | 165 | #476 |
| 1913 | 121 | 12 | 133 | #452 |
| 1912 | 123 | 13 | 136 | #422 |
| 1911 | 101 | 9 | 110 | #401 |
| 1910 | 92 | 19 | 111 | #411 |
| 1909 | 69 | 9 | 78 | #450 |
| 1908 | 59 | 6 | 65 | #472 |
| 1907 | 83 | — | 83 | #390 |
| 1906 | 65 | — | 65 | #427 |
| 1905 | 85 | — | 85 | #371 |
| 1904 | 52 | — | 52 | #455 |
| 1903 | 44 | 6 | 50 | #487 |
| 1902 | 43 | — | 43 | #482 |
| 1901 | 50 | — | 50 | #427 |
| 1900 | 72 | 7 | 79 | #391 |
| 1899 | 44 | 6 | 50 | #442 |
| 1898 | 55 | 6 | 61 | #418 |
| 1897 | 51 | 6 | 57 | #413 |
| 1896 | 43 | — | 43 | #447 |
| 1895 | 41 | — | 41 | #452 |
| 1894 | 37 | — | 37 | #462 |
| 1893 | 36 | — | 36 | #448 |
| 1892 | 35 | — | 35 | #463 |
| 1891 | 20 | 6 | 26 | #603 |
| 1890 | 25 | 6 | 31 | #536 |
| 1889 | 18 | — | 18 | #617 |
| 1888 | 21 | 5 | 26 | #557 |
| 1887 | 11 | — | 11 | #720 |
| 1886 | 16 | — | 16 | #569 |
| 1885 | 11 | — | 11 | #689 |
| 1884 | 13 | — | 13 | #610 |
| 1883 | 9 | — | 9 | #687 |
| 1882 | 10 | — | 10 | #627 |
| 1881 | 6 | — | 6 | #806 |