Esther is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #290 for girl births in the United States, given to 2,277 babies. Esther first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1918 (6,588 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,277 | #290 |
| 2024 | 2,220 | #311 |
| 2023 | 2,026 | #331 |
| 2022 | 2,093 | #332 |
| 2021 | 1,847 | #373 |
| 2020 | 1,837 | #367 |
| 2019 | 1,732 | #394 |
| 2018 | 1,860 | #372 |
| 2017 | 1,836 | #385 |
| 2016 | 1,814 | #407 |
| 2015 | 1,625 | #451 |
| 2014 | 1,669 | #437 |
| 2013 | 1,447 | #478 |
| 2012 | 1,344 | #508 |
| 2011 | 1,356 | #497 |
| 2010 | 1,265 | #537 |
| 2009 | 1,254 | #542 |
| 2008 | 1,282 | #540 |
| 2007 | 1,261 | #550 |
| 2006 | 1,158 | #579 |
| 2005 | 1,203 | #551 |
| 2004 | 1,114 | #581 |
| 2003 | 1,103 | #566 |
| 2002 | 1,059 | #584 |
| 2001 | 1,072 | #575 |
| 2000 | 982 | #622 |
| 1999 | 994 | #601 |
| 1998 | 941 | #618 |
| 1997 | 935 | #604 |
| 1996 | 890 | #615 |
| 1995 | 924 | #587 |
| 1994 | 958 | #576 |
| 1993 | 916 | #596 |
| 1992 | 956 | #577 |
| 1991 | 943 | #578 |
| 1990 | 990 | #552 |
| 1989 | 914 | #561 |
| 1988 | 913 | #539 |
| 1987 | 857 | #554 |
| 1986 | 869 | #544 |
| 1985 | 866 | #546 |
| 1984 | 893 | #521 |
| 1983 | 867 | #525 |
| 1982 | 944 | #509 |
| 1981 | 919 | #520 |
| 1980 | 842 | #563 |
| 1979 | 773 | #584 |
| 1978 | 716 | #594 |
| 1977 | 767 | #570 |
| 1976 | 664 | #615 |
| 1975 | 716 | #586 |
| 1974 | 734 | #572 |
| 1973 | 746 | #568 |
| 1972 | 691 | #605 |
| 1971 | 785 | #595 |
| 1970 | 726 | #630 |
| 1969 | 707 | #619 |
| 1968 | 730 | #593 |
| 1967 | 761 | #575 |
| 1966 | 874 | #528 |
| 1965 | 975 | #515 |
| 1964 | 1,032 | #516 |
| 1963 | 1,123 | #488 |
| 1962 | 1,259 | #469 |
| 1961 | 1,317 | #452 |
| 1960 | 1,361 | #441 |
| 1959 | 1,363 | #441 |
| 1958 | 1,350 | #430 |
| 1957 | 1,480 | #407 |
| 1956 | 1,520 | #394 |
| 1955 | 1,574 | #378 |
| 1954 | 1,633 | #363 |
| 1953 | 1,620 | #360 |
| 1952 | 1,712 | #346 |
| 1951 | 1,808 | #319 |
| 1950 | 1,748 | #317 |
| 1949 | 1,801 | #315 |
| 1948 | 1,847 | #306 |
| 1947 | 1,851 | #312 |
| 1946 | 1,785 | #292 |
| 1945 | 1,472 | #303 |
| 1944 | 1,623 | #285 |
| 1943 | 1,768 | #280 |
| 1942 | 1,843 | #267 |
| 1941 | 1,826 | #257 |
| 1940 | 1,915 | #243 |
| 1939 | 2,125 | #216 |
| 1938 | 2,154 | #222 |
| 1937 | 2,169 | #212 |
| 1936 | 2,268 | #197 |
| 1935 | 2,561 | #174 |
| 1934 | 2,598 | #166 |
| 1933 | 2,703 | #159 |
| 1932 | 2,978 | #148 |
| 1931 | 3,059 | #144 |
| 1930 | 3,372 | #134 |
| 1929 | 3,607 | #124 |
| 1928 | 4,125 | #114 |
| 1927 | 4,350 | #112 |
| 1926 | 4,473 | #108 |
| 1925 | 4,746 | #99 |
| 1924 | 5,273 | #89 |
| 1923 | 5,328 | #85 |
| 1922 | 5,495 | #81 |
| 1921 | 5,938 | #80 |
| 1920 | 6,085 | #75 |
| 1919 | 6,265 | #69 |
| 1918 | 6,588 | #69 |
| 1917 | 6,298 | #67 |
| 1916 | 6,447 | #58 |
| 1915 | 6,337 | #58 |
| 1914 | 4,668 | #60 |
| 1913 | 4,100 | #53 |
| 1912 | 3,586 | #55 |
| 1911 | 2,689 | #47 |
| 1910 | 2,389 | #51 |
| 1909 | 2,196 | #50 |
| 1908 | 2,195 | #49 |
| 1907 | 2,072 | #50 |
| 1906 | 2,070 | #45 |
| 1905 | 2,003 | #46 |
| 1904 | 1,962 | #44 |
| 1903 | 1,889 | #46 |
| 1902 | 1,833 | #49 |
| 1901 | 1,854 | #44 |
| 1900 | 2,023 | #53 |
| 1899 | 1,823 | #41 |
| 1898 | 2,054 | #43 |
| 1897 | 1,918 | #40 |
| 1896 | 1,970 | #41 |
| 1895 | 1,819 | #44 |
| 1894 | 1,661 | #51 |
| 1893 | 1,387 | #56 |
| 1892 | 829 | #90 |
| 1891 | 710 | #90 |
| 1890 | 625 | #103 |
| 1889 | 553 | #110 |
| 1888 | 572 | #111 |
| 1887 | 431 | #122 |
| 1886 | 396 | #136 |
| 1885 | 320 | #152 |
| 1884 | 291 | #164 |
| 1883 | 260 | #164 |
| 1882 | 266 | #164 |
| 1881 | 189 | #180 |
| 1880 | 198 | #186 |