Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Hester

#1,270 most common girls' name of all time · #2,231 across all names · 4% boys / 96% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#1,270
Rank overall
#2,231 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
123 of 146
All-time
14,764
Since 2016
17
Peak year
1918 #323
Best rank
#203 1881
Girls Boys peak 407/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Hester is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 5 — 5 #14,943
2023 5 — 5 #15,195
2019 7 — 7 #12,450
2010 5 — 5 #16,994
2009 5 — 5 #17,299
2004 5 — 5 #16,101
2000 5 — 5 #15,032
1998 5 — 5 #14,126
1996 6 — 6 #11,809
1994 7 — 7 #10,573
1993 13 — 13 #6,622
1991 8 — 8 #9,340
1990 10 — 10 #7,883
1989 10 — 10 #7,451
1988 8 — 8 #8,392
1987 18 — 18 #4,474
1986 13 — 13 #5,462
1985 14 — 14 #5,080
1984 11 — 11 #5,899
1983 14 — 14 #4,885
1982 25 — 25 #3,345
1981 25 — 25 #3,342
1980 16 — 16 #4,517
1979 29 — 29 #2,931
1978 14 — 14 #4,680
1977 17 — 17 #4,070
1976 21 — 21 #3,288
1975 21 — 21 #3,262
1974 27 — 27 #2,684
1973 29 — 29 #2,506
1972 19 — 19 #3,276
1971 30 — 30 #2,478
1970 32 5 37 #2,354
1969 25 — 25 #2,646
1968 29 — 29 #2,246
1967 27 — 27 #2,329
1966 27 — 27 #2,308
1965 19 — 19 #2,833
1964 42 — 42 #1,803
1963 46 — 46 #1,683
1962 39 — 39 #1,826
1961 47 — 47 #1,642
1960 47 — 47 #1,637
1959 59 — 59 #1,396
1958 58 — 58 #1,396
1957 61 — 61 #1,358
1956 64 — 64 #1,300
1955 80 6 86 #1,112
1954 86 5 91 #1,057
1953 92 6 98 #1,003
1952 81 — 81 #1,046
1951 72 — 72 #1,098
1950 101 5 106 #885
1949 101 11 112 #872
1948 91 — 91 #911
1947 112 6 118 #829
1946 87 7 94 #894
1945 100 7 107 #750
1944 123 9 132 #669
1943 132 8 140 #660
1942 120 — 120 #679
1941 117 8 125 #655
1940 132 13 145 #609
1939 117 — 117 #623
1938 136 14 150 #593
1937 120 7 127 #615
1936 148 10 158 #535
1935 134 5 139 #552
1934 160 19 179 #506
1933 157 13 170 #509
1932 153 14 167 #532
1931 184 14 198 #472
1930 214 12 226 #459
1929 220 15 235 #445
1928 218 7 225 #466
1927 262 10 272 #428
1926 274 13 287 #410
1925 325 21 346 #378
1924 317 13 330 #383
1923 382 16 398 #335
1922 340 12 352 #355
1921 337 18 355 #362
1920 362 18 380 #346
1919 360 19 379 #335
1918 394 13 407 #323
1917 358 12 370 #329
1916 378 24 402 #311
1915 359 21 380 #310
1914 309 9 318 #298
1913 275 16 291 #284
1912 265 8 273 #277
1911 201 7 208 #272
1910 212 9 221 #264
1909 179 5 184 #269
1908 184 6 190 #258
1907 159 5 164 #276
1906 158 — 158 #262
1905 160 — 160 #261
1904 169 6 175 #239
1903 147 — 147 #250
1902 164 — 164 #235
1901 160 6 166 #229
1900 183 9 192 #234
1899 148 5 153 #226
1898 158 5 163 #233
1897 140 — 140 #237
1896 150 — 150 #226
1895 164 — 164 #212
1894 143 — 143 #223
1893 155 5 160 #204
1892 122 — 122 #241
1891 102 — 102 #239
1890 119 — 119 #225
1889 109 — 109 #222
1888 113 — 113 #216
1887 89 — 89 #222
1886 76 — 76 #236
1885 85 — 85 #214
1884 85 — 85 #205
1883 72 — 72 #205
1882 63 — 63 #215
1881 55 — 55 #203
1880 49 — 49 #219