Esther remains a common girls' name (#119 in 2025), down from a peak of #28 in 1896.
Esther is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #119 for girl births in the United States (and #290 across all names), given to 2,277 babies — 2,282 including U.S. territories. Esther was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (6,574 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,277 | 2,282 | #119 | — |
| 2024 | 2,220 | 2,220 | #130 | — |
| 2023 | 2,026 | 2,026 | #138 | — |
| 2022 | 2,093 | 2,099 | #138 | #12,932 |
| 2021 | 1,847 | 1,853 | #153 | — |
| 2020 | 1,837 | 1,843 | #148 | #12,631 |
| 2019 | 1,732 | 1,732 | #165 | — |
| 2018 | 1,860 | 1,860 | #151 | — |
| 2017 | 1,836 | 1,842 | #165 | — |
| 2016 | 1,814 | 1,814 | #182 | — |
| 2015 | 1,625 | 1,625 | #203 | — |
| 2014 | 1,669 | 1,669 | #199 | — |
| 2013 | 1,447 | 1,447 | #222 | #9,985 |
| 2012 | 1,344 | 1,349 | #238 | — |
| 2011 | 1,356 | 1,363 | #233 | — |
| 2010 | 1,265 | 1,270 | #260 | #11,176 |
| 2009 | 1,254 | 1,259 | #260 | — |
| 2008 | 1,282 | 1,289 | #267 | — |
| 2007 | 1,261 | 1,276 | #272 | — |
| 2006 | 1,158 | 1,164 | #287 | — |
| 2005 | 1,203 | 1,215 | #273 | — |
| 2004 | 1,114 | 1,119 | #294 | — |
| 2003 | 1,103 | 1,109 | #283 | — |
| 2002 | 1,059 | 1,077 | #296 | — |
| 2001 | 1,072 | 1,089 | #293 | — |
| 2000 | 982 | 1,003 | #323 | — |
| 1999 | 994 | 1,004 | #310 | — |
| 1998 | 941 | 960 | #321 | — |
| 1997 | 935 | — | #315 | — |
| 1996 | 890 | — | #317 | — |
| 1995 | 924 | — | #300 | — |
| 1994 | 958 | — | #287 | — |
| 1993 | 916 | — | #299 | #5,907 |
| 1992 | 956 | — | #291 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 943 | — | #298 | #6,131 |
| 1990 | 990 | — | #283 | #6,644 |
| 1989 | 914 | — | #289 | #4,611 |
| 1988 | 913 | — | #276 | — |
| 1987 | 857 | — | #288 | #5,106 |
| 1986 | 869 | — | #284 | #5,010 |
| 1985 | 866 | — | #288 | #5,331 |
| 1984 | 893 | — | #271 | #4,309 |
| 1983 | 867 | — | #273 | #5,092 |
| 1982 | 944 | — | #267 | #4,338 |
| 1981 | 919 | — | #272 | #5,728 |
| 1980 | 842 | — | #295 | — |
| 1979 | 773 | — | #312 | #5,008 |
| 1978 | 716 | — | #320 | — |
| 1977 | 767 | — | #310 | — |
| 1976 | 664 | — | #336 | #5,134 |
| 1975 | 716 | — | #320 | — |
| 1974 | 734 | — | #314 | #4,827 |
| 1973 | 746 | — | #312 | — |
| 1972 | 691 | — | #332 | — |
| 1971 | 785 | — | #332 | — |
| 1970 | 726 | — | #348 | — |
| 1969 | 707 | — | #337 | — |
| 1968 | 730 | — | #322 | — |
| 1967 | 761 | — | #314 | — |
| 1966 | 874 | — | #290 | #4,127 |
| 1965 | 975 | — | #280 | #2,856 |
| 1964 | 1,032 | — | #286 | #3,380 |
| 1963 | 1,123 | — | #263 | — |
| 1962 | 1,259 | — | #252 | #3,409 |
| 1961 | 1,317 | — | #237 | — |
| 1960 | 1,361 | — | #234 | — |
| 1959 | 1,363 | — | #234 | #3,379 |
| 1958 | 1,350 | — | #226 | #4,133 |
| 1957 | 1,480 | — | #217 | — |
| 1956 | 1,520 | — | #209 | #2,684 |
| 1955 | 1,574 | — | #201 | #4,032 |
| 1954 | 1,633 | — | #193 | — |
| 1953 | 1,620 | — | #192 | #3,222 |
| 1952 | 1,712 | — | #179 | — |
| 1951 | 1,808 | — | #169 | — |
| 1950 | 1,748 | — | #162 | #2,849 |
| 1949 | 1,801 | — | #162 | #2,866 |
| 1948 | 1,847 | — | #155 | — |
| 1947 | 1,851 | — | #162 | #2,729 |
| 1946 | 1,785 | — | #151 | #2,990 |
| 1945 | 1,472 | — | #160 | #3,473 |
| 1944 | 1,623 | — | #152 | #2,235 |
| 1943 | 1,768 | — | #151 | #2,449 |
| 1942 | 1,843 | — | #142 | #2,305 |
| 1941 | 1,826 | — | #138 | #1,781 |
| 1940 | 1,915 | — | #131 | #1,833 |
| 1939 | 2,125 | — | #117 | #1,823 |
| 1938 | 2,154 | — | #120 | #1,455 |
| 1937 | 2,169 | — | #116 | #2,024 |
| 1936 | 2,268 | — | #107 | #1,831 |
| 1935 | 2,561 | — | #94 | #1,608 |
| 1934 | 2,598 | — | #91 | #1,627 |
| 1933 | 2,703 | — | #88 | #1,287 |
| 1932 | 2,978 | — | #82 | #1,672 |
| 1931 | 3,059 | — | #79 | #1,405 |
| 1930 | 3,372 | — | #77 | #1,576 |
| 1929 | 3,607 | — | #71 | #1,693 |
| 1928 | 4,125 | — | #66 | #1,361 |
| 1927 | 4,350 | — | #65 | #1,612 |
| 1926 | 4,473 | — | #62 | #1,749 |
| 1925 | 4,746 | — | #56 | #1,754 |
| 1924 | 5,273 | — | #51 | #2,158 |
| 1923 | 5,328 | — | #47 | #2,374 |
| 1922 | 5,495 | — | #44 | #1,714 |
| 1921 | 5,938 | — | #42 | #2,535 |
| 1920 | 6,085 | — | #39 | #1,985 |
| 1919 | 6,265 | — | #38 | #1,908 |
| 1918 | 6,588 | — | #38 | #2,194 |
| 1917 | 6,298 | — | #38 | #1,841 |
| 1916 | 6,447 | — | #34 | #1,350 |
| 1915 | 6,337 | — | #33 | #1,816 |
| 1914 | 4,668 | — | #35 | #1,711 |
| 1913 | 4,100 | — | #32 | #1,844 |
| 1912 | 3,586 | — | #33 | #1,148 |
| 1911 | 2,689 | — | #34 | #944 |
| 1910 | 2,389 | — | #38 | #1,003 |
| 1909 | 2,196 | — | #37 | #914 |
| 1908 | 2,195 | — | #36 | #1,048 |
| 1907 | 2,072 | — | #37 | #891 |
| 1906 | 2,070 | — | #33 | #1,300 |
| 1905 | 2,003 | — | #34 | #804 |
| 1904 | 1,962 | — | #32 | #1,265 |
| 1903 | 1,889 | — | #34 | #1,052 |
| 1902 | 1,833 | — | #35 | — |
| 1901 | 1,854 | — | #33 | #697 |
| 1900 | 2,023 | — | #39 | #1,213 |
| 1899 | 1,823 | — | #29 | — |
| 1898 | 2,054 | — | #31 | #913 |
| 1897 | 1,918 | — | #28 | #879 |
| 1896 | 1,970 | — | #27 | #1,026 |
| 1895 | 1,819 | — | #31 | #512 |
| 1894 | 1,661 | — | #36 | #891 |
| 1893 | 1,387 | — | #39 | #1,094 |
| 1892 | 829 | — | #67 | #1,124 |
| 1891 | 710 | — | #66 | — |
| 1890 | 625 | — | #75 | #928 |
| 1889 | 553 | — | #75 | — |
| 1888 | 572 | — | #77 | — |
| 1887 | 431 | — | #79 | — |
| 1886 | 396 | — | #85 | — |
| 1885 | 320 | — | #92 | — |
| 1884 | 291 | — | #99 | — |
| 1883 | 260 | — | #99 | — |
| 1882 | 266 | — | #97 | — |
| 1881 | 189 | — | #105 | — |
| 1880 | 198 | — | #104 | — |