Estes*
#6,547 most common boys' name of all time · #16,399 across all names · 91% male / 9% female · used 1887–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#6,547
Rank overall
#16,399 of 105,966
First appeared
1887
Years on the list
60 of 146
All-time
601
Since 2016
78
Peak year
1916 #1,256
Best rank
#898 1893
Girls
Boys
peak 29/yr
Estes first appears in 1887. 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 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #12,392 |
| 2023 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #10,909 |
| 2021 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #12,218 |
| 2020 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #8,769 |
| 2018 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,182 |
| 2016 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1962 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,121 |
| 1961 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,145 |
| 1960 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,122 |
| 1956 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,535 |
| 1954 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,507 |
| 1953 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,491 |
| 1952 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,561 |
| 1951 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,431 |
| 1949 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1948 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,832 |
| 1947 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,429 |
| 1946 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,239 |
| 1944 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 1943 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,449 |
| 1942 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,633 |
| 1941 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,203 |
| 1940 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,531 |
| 1939 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,566 |
| 1938 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,227 |
| 1937 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1935 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,780 |
| 1934 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 1933 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,938 |
| 1932 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,146 |
| 1931 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,369 |
| 1930 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,339 |
| 1929 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1928 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1926 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,106 |
| 1925 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,234 |
| 1924 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,750 |
| 1923 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,262 |
| 1922 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,671 |
| 1921 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,024 |
| 1920 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,776 |
| 1919 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,914 |
| 1918 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,477 |
| 1917 | 6 | 18 | 24 | #1,781 |
| 1916 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,256 |
| 1915 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,532 |
| 1914 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,156 |
| 1913 | 5 | 13 | 18 | #1,540 |
| 1912 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,943 |
| 1911 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,637 |
| 1909 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,385 |
| 1908 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,480 |
| 1904 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,154 |
| 1903 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,102 |
| 1902 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,257 |
| 1893 | — | 7 | 7 | #898 |
| 1888 | — | 7 | 7 | #911 |
| 1887 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,055 |