Esteban is an established boys' name that peaked in 2005 and remains in steady use.
Esteban is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #461 for boy births in the United States (and #931 across all names), given to 673 babies — 690 including U.S. territories. Esteban first appears in 1891 and peaked in 2005 (1,024 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 673 | 690 | — | #461 |
| 2024 | 682 | 698 | — | #459 |
| 2023 | 703 | 719 | — | #442 |
| 2022 | 718 | 737 | — | #431 |
| 2021 | 716 | 735 | — | #435 |
| 2020 | 633 | 650 | — | #471 |
| 2019 | 685 | 714 | — | #446 |
| 2018 | 687 | 711 | — | #441 |
| 2017 | 725 | 760 | — | #428 |
| 2016 | 762 | 804 | — | #416 |
| 2015 | 775 | 825 | — | #399 |
| 2014 | 790 | 834 | — | #395 |
| 2013 | 761 | 825 | — | #392 |
| 2012 | 760 | 817 | — | #392 |
| 2011 | 764 | 825 | — | #382 |
| 2010 | 762 | 814 | — | #378 |
| 2009 | 798 | 861 | — | #382 |
| 2008 | 853 | 913 | — | #364 |
| 2007 | 893 | 948 | — | #354 |
| 2006 | 972 | 1,041 | — | #331 |
| 2005 | 1,024 | 1,083 | — | #320 |
| 2004 | 810 | 847 | — | #351 |
| 2003 | 843 | 879 | — | #338 |
| 2002 | 817 | 862 | — | #336 |
| 2001 | 827 | 872 | — | #334 |
| 2000 | 822 | 877 | — | #334 |
| 1999 | 710 | 743 | — | #368 |
| 1998 | 724 | 771 | #11,513 | #363 |
| 1997 | 699 | — | — | #360 |
| 1996 | 735 | — | — | #339 |
| 1995 | 698 | — | #12,258 | #354 |
| 1994 | 619 | — | — | #379 |
| 1993 | 602 | — | #14,186 | #385 |
| 1992 | 595 | — | #12,244 | #389 |
| 1991 | 548 | — | #10,632 | #417 |
| 1990 | 557 | — | — | #413 |
| 1989 | 479 | — | — | #430 |
| 1988 | 399 | — | — | #451 |
| 1987 | 344 | — | — | #478 |
| 1986 | 338 | — | — | #471 |
| 1985 | 365 | — | — | #448 |
| 1984 | 313 | — | — | #474 |
| 1983 | 341 | — | — | #451 |
| 1982 | 316 | — | — | #477 |
| 1981 | 356 | — | — | #438 |
| 1980 | 341 | — | — | #454 |
| 1979 | 302 | — | — | #473 |
| 1978 | 274 | — | — | #488 |
| 1977 | 303 | — | — | #460 |
| 1976 | 257 | — | — | #498 |
| 1975 | 261 | — | — | #494 |
| 1974 | 216 | — | — | #548 |
| 1973 | 173 | — | — | #601 |
| 1972 | 193 | — | — | #574 |
| 1971 | 166 | — | — | #638 |
| 1970 | 156 | — | — | #656 |
| 1969 | 146 | — | — | #654 |
| 1968 | 125 | — | — | #670 |
| 1967 | 106 | — | — | #721 |
| 1966 | 127 | — | — | #657 |
| 1965 | 101 | — | — | #736 |
| 1964 | 100 | — | — | #765 |
| 1963 | 85 | — | — | #822 |
| 1962 | 87 | — | — | #815 |
| 1961 | 78 | — | — | #868 |
| 1960 | 80 | — | — | #846 |
| 1959 | 71 | — | — | #909 |
| 1958 | 76 | — | — | #868 |
| 1957 | 68 | — | — | #920 |
| 1956 | 70 | — | — | #894 |
| 1955 | 57 | — | — | #996 |
| 1954 | 46 | — | — | #1,105 |
| 1953 | 68 | — | — | #869 |
| 1952 | 41 | — | — | #1,160 |
| 1951 | 50 | — | — | #997 |
| 1950 | 61 | — | — | #881 |
| 1949 | 61 | — | — | #878 |
| 1948 | 63 | — | — | #864 |
| 1947 | 51 | — | — | #1,003 |
| 1946 | 47 | — | — | #989 |
| 1945 | 36 | — | — | #1,090 |
| 1944 | 48 | — | — | #921 |
| 1943 | 47 | — | — | #981 |
| 1942 | 36 | — | — | #1,146 |
| 1941 | 26 | — | — | #1,307 |
| 1940 | 25 | — | — | #1,343 |
| 1939 | 34 | — | — | #1,106 |
| 1938 | 26 | — | — | #1,318 |
| 1937 | 21 | — | — | #1,495 |
| 1936 | 35 | — | — | #1,104 |
| 1935 | 38 | — | — | #1,047 |
| 1934 | 46 | — | — | #933 |
| 1933 | 30 | — | — | #1,212 |
| 1932 | 32 | — | — | #1,204 |
| 1931 | 45 | — | — | #986 |
| 1930 | 40 | — | — | #1,095 |
| 1929 | 55 | — | — | #906 |
| 1928 | 34 | — | — | #1,234 |
| 1927 | 56 | — | — | #914 |
| 1926 | 45 | — | — | #1,040 |
| 1925 | 52 | — | — | #935 |
| 1924 | 48 | — | — | #1,022 |
| 1923 | 27 | — | — | #1,439 |
| 1922 | 25 | — | — | #1,520 |
| 1921 | 25 | — | — | #1,520 |
| 1920 | 28 | — | — | #1,394 |
| 1919 | 18 | — | — | #1,834 |
| 1918 | 22 | — | — | #1,619 |
| 1917 | 11 | — | — | #2,474 |
| 1916 | 23 | — | — | #1,475 |
| 1915 | 14 | — | — | #2,002 |
| 1914 | 16 | — | — | #1,569 |
| 1913 | 11 | — | — | #1,717 |
| 1912 | 9 | — | — | #1,786 |
| 1911 | 8 | — | — | #1,317 |
| 1910 | 5 | — | — | #1,671 |
| 1909 | 6 | — | — | #1,330 |
| 1908 | 5 | — | — | #1,451 |
| 1906 | 5 | — | — | #1,299 |
| 1905 | 5 | — | — | #1,295 |
| 1891 | 5 | — | — | #1,018 |