Hester is an established girls' name that peaked in 1918 and has since faded.
Hester is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #15,770 for girl births in the United States (and #26,165 across all names), given to 5 babies. Hester was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (394 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | #15,770 | — |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | #16,080 | — |
| 2019 | 7 | 7 | #12,957 | — |
| 2010 | 5 | 5 | #18,002 | — |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | #18,340 | — |
| 2004 | 5 | 5 | #17,083 | — |
| 2000 | 5 | 5 | #15,940 | — |
| 1998 | 5 | 5 | #14,999 | — |
| 1996 | 6 | — | #12,384 | — |
| 1994 | 7 | — | #10,982 | — |
| 1993 | 13 | — | #6,772 | — |
| 1991 | 8 | — | #9,647 | — |
| 1990 | 10 | — | #8,090 | — |
| 1989 | 10 | — | #7,636 | — |
| 1988 | 8 | — | #8,680 | — |
| 1987 | 18 | — | #4,535 | — |
| 1986 | 13 | — | #5,543 | — |
| 1985 | 14 | — | #5,158 | — |
| 1984 | 11 | — | #6,035 | — |
| 1983 | 14 | — | #4,964 | — |
| 1982 | 25 | — | #3,363 | — |
| 1981 | 25 | — | #3,375 | — |
| 1980 | 16 | — | #4,586 | — |
| 1979 | 29 | — | #2,955 | — |
| 1978 | 14 | — | #4,770 | — |
| 1977 | 17 | — | #4,118 | — |
| 1976 | 21 | — | #3,323 | — |
| 1975 | 21 | — | #3,319 | — |
| 1974 | 27 | — | #2,705 | — |
| 1973 | 29 | — | #2,527 | — |
| 1972 | 19 | — | #3,316 | — |
| 1971 | 30 | — | #2,505 | — |
| 1970 | 37 | — | #2,369 | #5,021 |
| 1969 | 25 | — | #2,664 | — |
| 1968 | 29 | — | #2,266 | — |
| 1967 | 27 | — | #2,341 | — |
| 1966 | 27 | — | #2,319 | — |
| 1965 | 19 | — | #2,865 | — |
| 1964 | 42 | — | #1,815 | — |
| 1963 | 46 | — | #1,693 | — |
| 1962 | 39 | — | #1,837 | — |
| 1961 | 47 | — | #1,647 | — |
| 1960 | 47 | — | #1,646 | — |
| 1959 | 59 | — | #1,400 | — |
| 1958 | 58 | — | #1,400 | — |
| 1957 | 61 | — | #1,363 | — |
| 1956 | 64 | — | #1,302 | — |
| 1955 | 86 | — | #1,115 | #3,672 |
| 1954 | 91 | — | #1,060 | #4,066 |
| 1953 | 98 | — | #1,002 | #3,590 |
| 1952 | 81 | — | #1,049 | — |
| 1951 | 72 | — | #1,101 | — |
| 1950 | 106 | — | #886 | #3,910 |
| 1949 | 112 | — | #873 | #2,395 |
| 1948 | 91 | — | #911 | — |
| 1947 | 118 | — | #831 | #3,516 |
| 1946 | 94 | — | #894 | #3,016 |
| 1945 | 107 | — | #752 | #2,855 |
| 1944 | 132 | — | #669 | #2,536 |
| 1943 | 140 | — | #661 | #2,829 |
| 1942 | 120 | — | #681 | — |
| 1941 | 125 | — | #656 | #2,753 |
| 1940 | 145 | — | #609 | #2,028 |
| 1939 | 117 | — | #624 | — |
| 1938 | 150 | — | #593 | #1,931 |
| 1937 | 127 | — | #617 | #3,027 |
| 1936 | 158 | — | #535 | #2,359 |
| 1935 | 139 | — | #552 | #3,895 |
| 1934 | 179 | — | #508 | #1,636 |
| 1933 | 170 | — | #509 | #2,036 |
| 1932 | 167 | — | #532 | #2,043 |
| 1931 | 198 | — | #472 | #2,040 |
| 1930 | 226 | — | #459 | #2,362 |
| 1929 | 235 | — | #445 | #2,044 |
| 1928 | 225 | — | #466 | #3,511 |
| 1927 | 272 | — | #428 | #2,794 |
| 1926 | 287 | — | #410 | #2,351 |
| 1925 | 346 | — | #378 | #1,709 |
| 1924 | 330 | — | #383 | #2,400 |
| 1923 | 398 | — | #335 | #2,064 |
| 1922 | 352 | — | #355 | #2,554 |
| 1921 | 355 | — | #362 | #1,939 |
| 1920 | 380 | — | #346 | #1,922 |
| 1919 | 379 | — | #335 | #1,777 |
| 1918 | 407 | — | #323 | #2,321 |
| 1917 | 370 | — | #329 | #2,346 |
| 1916 | 402 | — | #311 | #1,442 |
| 1915 | 380 | — | #310 | #1,528 |
| 1914 | 318 | — | #298 | #2,343 |
| 1913 | 291 | — | #284 | #1,346 |
| 1912 | 273 | — | #277 | #1,956 |
| 1911 | 208 | — | #272 | #1,458 |
| 1910 | 221 | — | #264 | #1,153 |
| 1909 | 184 | — | #269 | #1,566 |
| 1908 | 190 | — | #258 | #1,292 |
| 1907 | 164 | — | #276 | #1,431 |
| 1906 | 158 | — | #262 | — |
| 1905 | 160 | — | #260 | — |
| 1904 | 175 | — | #239 | #1,128 |
| 1903 | 147 | — | #250 | — |
| 1902 | 164 | — | #235 | — |
| 1901 | 166 | — | #230 | #995 |
| 1900 | 192 | — | #234 | #937 |
| 1899 | 153 | — | #225 | #1,119 |
| 1898 | 163 | — | #233 | #1,207 |
| 1897 | 140 | — | #237 | — |
| 1896 | 150 | — | #226 | — |
| 1895 | 164 | — | #212 | — |
| 1894 | 143 | — | #223 | — |
| 1893 | 160 | — | #204 | #1,110 |
| 1892 | 122 | — | #240 | — |
| 1891 | 102 | — | #239 | — |
| 1890 | 119 | — | #225 | — |
| 1889 | 109 | — | #221 | — |
| 1888 | 113 | — | #217 | — |
| 1887 | 89 | — | #222 | — |
| 1886 | 76 | — | #236 | — |
| 1885 | 85 | — | #213 | — |
| 1884 | 85 | — | #206 | — |
| 1883 | 72 | — | #206 | — |
| 1882 | 63 | — | #214 | — |
| 1881 | 55 | — | #202 | — |
| 1880 | 49 | — | #219 | — |