Esta
#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · Last seen for boys in 1926 at #3,708
Given to girls 99.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1891 · 45 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,439since 1880
Esta over time
Rank among girls' names. Esta has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,107 | 9 | — | |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | — | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | — | |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | — | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 | — | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | — | |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | — | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | — | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | — | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | — | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | — | |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | — | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | — | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | — | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | — | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | — | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | — | |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | — | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | — | |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | — | |
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | — | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,938 | 18 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,438 | 14 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,957 | 18 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,432 | 24 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,678 | 19 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,209 | 26 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,276 | 24 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,103 | 27 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,839 | 33 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,295 | 22 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,460 | 45 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,861 | 29 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,396 | 45 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,474 | 39 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,603 | 34 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,313 | 49 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,576 | 36 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,318 | 43 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,187 | 44 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,315 | 37 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,103 | 53 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,206 | 43 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,101 | 45 | — | |
| 1940 | #906 | 63 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,039 | 47 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,045 | 47 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,048 | 46 | — | |
| 1936 | #847 | 64 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,018 | 46 | — | |
| 1934 | #804 | 70 | — | |
| 1933 | #904 | 56 | — | |
| 1932 | #891 | 62 | — | |
| 1931 | #876 | 61 | — | |
| 1930 | #894 | 65 | — | |
| 1929 | #849 | 70 | — | |
| 1928 | #881 | 69 | — | |
| 1927 | #856 | 74 | — | |
| 1926 | #854 | 75 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #758 | 95 | — | |
| 1924 | #797 | 87 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #735 | 98 | — | |
| 1922 | #789 | 85 | — | |
| 1921 | #728 | 102 | — | |
| 1920 | #671 | 117 | — | |
| 1919 | #743 | 89 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #702 | 105 | — | |
| 1917 | #639 | 113 | — | |
| 1916 | #667 | 104 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | #669 | 96 | — | |
| 1914 | #599 | 90 | — | |
| 1913 | #561 | 83 | — | |
| 1912 | #576 | 70 | — | |
| 1911 | #594 | 51 | — | |
| 1910 | #593 | 49 | — | |
| 1909 | #552 | 48 | — | |
| 1908 | #511 | 50 | — | |
| 1907 | #521 | 47 | — | |
| 1906 | #477 | 51 | — | |
| 1905 | #528 | 42 | — | |
| 1904 | #493 | 44 | — | |
| 1903 | #539 | 36 | — | |
| 1902 | #412 | 56 | — | |
| 1901 | #530 | 33 | — | |
| 1900 | #449 | 56 | — | |
| 1899 | #438 | 44 | — | |
| 1898 | #502 | 38 | — | |
| 1897 | #458 | 41 | — | |
| 1896 | #478 | 37 | — | |
| 1895 | #426 | 44 | — | |
| 1894 | #407 | 47 | — | |
| 1893 | #473 | 32 | — | |
| 1892 | #510 | 28 | — | |
| 1891 | #372 | 45 | — | |
| 1890 | #558 | 22 | — | |
| 1889 | #405 | 36 | — | |
| 1888 | #512 | 24 | — | |
| 1887 | #459 | 24 | — | |
| 1886 | #451 | 23 | — | |
| 1885 | #576 | 14 | — | |
| 1884 | #556 | 14 | — | |
| 1883 | #615 | 10 | — | |
| 1882 | #596 | 10 | — | |
| 1881 | #623 | 8 | #866 | 5 |
| 1880 | #580 | 9 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Esta was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1977, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Esta is popular in 1920
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#223 · 1 in 1,422
- Indiana#347 · 1 in 3,782
- Oklahoma#398 · 1 in 3,187
- Kentucky#407 · 1 in 4,132
- Missouri#415 · 1 in 4,380
Best ever in a state: #166 in West Virginia, 1914.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #223 | 13 | 1 in 1,422 |
| Indiana | #347 | 7 | 1 in 3,782 |
| Oklahoma | #398 | 8 | 1 in 3,187 |
| Kentucky | #407 | 7 | 1 in 4,132 |
| Missouri | #415 | 7 | 1 in 4,380 |
| Pennsylvania | #471 | 10 | 1 in 9,747 |
| Arkansas | #479 | 5 | 1 in 4,157 |
| Texas | #489 | 16 | 1 in 3,563 |
| New York | #533 | 8 | 1 in 12,345 |
| North Carolina | #539 | 5 | 1 in 7,467 |
| Illinois | #620 | 5 | 1 in 11,835 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Esta
- 1,015 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #10,107)
- 983 spots since 2020 (#11,090 → #10,107)
- Biggest jump: 186 spots in 1891 (#558 → #372)
- Biggest drop: 214 spots in 1935 (#804 → #1,018)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1891 at #372 (45 births)
- Births halved by 1954, 63 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1880–1934
- Highest: 1 in 4,122 girls born in 1891 were named Esta (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 19.6% of all girls named Esta (872) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 172 | #405 (1889) | #537 |
| 1890s | 378 | #372 (1891) | #462 |
| 1900s | 463 | #412 (1902) | #501 |
| 1910s | 850 | #561 (1913) | #634 |
| 1920s | 872 | #671 (1920) | #792 |
| 1930s | 564 | #804 (1934) | #937 |
| 1940s | 447 | #906 (1940) | #1,263 |
| 1950s | 309 | #1,396 (1951) | #1,959 |
| 1960s | 143 | #2,432 (1960) | #3,679 |
| 1970s | 82 | #4,534 (1971) | #6,063 |
| 1980s | 52 | #6,788 (1987) | #9,209 |
| 1990s | 24 | #9,586 (1994) | #12,231 |
| 2000s | 5 | #17,168 (2006) | #17,168 |
| 2010s | 47 | #9,736 (2019) | #12,728 |
| 2020s | 31 | #10,107 (2025) | #11,478 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Esta in 1920
Top girls' names in 1920
More about 1920
girls
1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 10,242 of them was named Esta, which outranked 88.4% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #665Novella118
- #665Velva118
- #665Vernie118
- #671Esta117
- #671Antonette117
- #671Ardith117
- #671Malinda117
- #676Carmel115
- #676Esperanza115
- #676Georgette115
Tied with 4 names at #671; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.