Ester is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2896 for girl births in the United States, given to 134 babies. Ester first appears in the data in 1881 and reached its peak in 1925 (307 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 134 | #2,896 |
| 2024 | 143 | #2,816 |
| 2023 | 159 | #2,608 |
| 2022 | 138 | #2,861 |
| 2021 | 144 | #2,747 |
| 2020 | 124 | #3,002 |
| 2019 | 124 | #3,068 |
| 2018 | 118 | #3,173 |
| 2017 | 130 | #2,972 |
| 2016 | 111 | #3,322 |
| 2015 | 112 | #3,287 |
| 2014 | 115 | #3,174 |
| 2013 | 122 | #3,053 |
| 2012 | 117 | #3,129 |
| 2011 | 122 | #3,052 |
| 2010 | 119 | #3,118 |
| 2009 | 92 | #3,795 |
| 2008 | 137 | #2,884 |
| 2007 | 103 | #3,470 |
| 2006 | 95 | #3,587 |
| 2005 | 119 | #2,925 |
| 2004 | 88 | #3,509 |
| 2003 | 96 | #3,251 |
| 2002 | 98 | #3,143 |
| 2001 | 79 | #3,580 |
| 2000 | 102 | #2,956 |
| 1999 | 91 | #3,034 |
| 1998 | 78 | #3,311 |
| 1997 | 76 | #3,269 |
| 1996 | 71 | #3,353 |
| 1995 | 75 | #3,144 |
| 1994 | 79 | #3,039 |
| 1993 | 68 | #3,356 |
| 1992 | 69 | #3,286 |
| 1991 | 80 | #2,964 |
| 1990 | 67 | #3,267 |
| 1989 | 82 | #2,747 |
| 1988 | 70 | #2,898 |
| 1987 | 59 | #3,084 |
| 1986 | 79 | #2,488 |
| 1985 | 70 | #2,663 |
| 1984 | 56 | #2,999 |
| 1983 | 72 | #2,507 |
| 1982 | 94 | #2,176 |
| 1981 | 79 | #2,463 |
| 1980 | 77 | #2,470 |
| 1979 | 74 | #2,490 |
| 1978 | 53 | #2,969 |
| 1977 | 64 | #2,618 |
| 1976 | 60 | #2,625 |
| 1975 | 62 | #2,543 |
| 1974 | 85 | #2,066 |
| 1973 | 72 | #2,236 |
| 1972 | 86 | #2,032 |
| 1971 | 113 | #1,776 |
| 1970 | 89 | #2,036 |
| 1969 | 89 | #1,944 |
| 1968 | 79 | #1,990 |
| 1967 | 95 | #1,765 |
| 1966 | 89 | #1,840 |
| 1965 | 119 | #1,581 |
| 1964 | 137 | #1,520 |
| 1963 | 141 | #1,512 |
| 1962 | 147 | #1,486 |
| 1961 | 150 | #1,480 |
| 1960 | 160 | #1,416 |
| 1959 | 154 | #1,418 |
| 1958 | 155 | #1,394 |
| 1957 | 157 | #1,390 |
| 1956 | 169 | #1,311 |
| 1955 | 165 | #1,288 |
| 1954 | 157 | #1,301 |
| 1953 | 180 | #1,179 |
| 1952 | 187 | #1,143 |
| 1951 | 160 | #1,208 |
| 1950 | 190 | #1,077 |
| 1949 | 179 | #1,092 |
| 1948 | 198 | #1,046 |
| 1947 | 181 | #1,101 |
| 1946 | 185 | #1,040 |
| 1945 | 136 | #1,116 |
| 1944 | 173 | #987 |
| 1943 | 174 | #1,011 |
| 1942 | 160 | #1,040 |
| 1941 | 153 | #1,006 |
| 1940 | 165 | #956 |
| 1939 | 138 | #1,034 |
| 1938 | 146 | #1,019 |
| 1937 | 187 | #878 |
| 1936 | 168 | #908 |
| 1935 | 165 | #917 |
| 1934 | 171 | #906 |
| 1933 | 164 | #915 |
| 1932 | 179 | #892 |
| 1931 | 190 | #858 |
| 1930 | 213 | #837 |
| 1929 | 225 | #808 |
| 1928 | 251 | #780 |
| 1927 | 244 | #797 |
| 1926 | 287 | #737 |
| 1925 | 307 | #715 |
| 1924 | 236 | #836 |
| 1923 | 248 | #795 |
| 1922 | 277 | #755 |
| 1921 | 269 | #780 |
| 1920 | 251 | #793 |
| 1919 | 268 | #741 |
| 1918 | 227 | #825 |
| 1917 | 200 | #859 |
| 1916 | 219 | #799 |
| 1915 | 209 | #792 |
| 1914 | 165 | #784 |
| 1913 | 133 | #792 |
| 1912 | 136 | #716 |
| 1911 | 110 | #633 |
| 1910 | 111 | #594 |
| 1909 | 78 | #668 |
| 1908 | 65 | #715 |
| 1907 | 83 | #615 |
| 1906 | 65 | #667 |
| 1905 | 85 | #575 |
| 1904 | 52 | #719 |
| 1903 | 50 | #714 |
| 1902 | 43 | #768 |
| 1901 | 50 | #666 |
| 1900 | 79 | #601 |
| 1899 | 50 | #646 |
| 1898 | 61 | #619 |
| 1897 | 57 | #616 |
| 1896 | 43 | #722 |
| 1895 | 41 | #720 |
| 1894 | 37 | #741 |
| 1893 | 36 | #737 |
| 1892 | 35 | #767 |
| 1891 | 26 | #839 |
| 1890 | 31 | #779 |
| 1889 | 18 | #1,045 |
| 1888 | 26 | #852 |
| 1887 | 11 | #1,262 |
| 1886 | 16 | #1,025 |
| 1885 | 11 | #1,251 |
| 1884 | 13 | #1,132 |
| 1883 | 9 | #1,311 |
| 1882 | 10 | #1,234 |
| 1881 | 6 | #1,563 |