Esta
Esta was given to 9 girls in 2025, #10,348 among girls’ names; 4,466 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Esta by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Esta?
#10,348 among girls’ names, 2025
Esta entered the girls’ rankings after 2015 and stood at #10,348 in 2025.
117 babies in 1920, the peak
Esta peaked in 1920, when 117 girls were given it, #673 among girls’ names. The 9 births of 2025 are 8% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,348 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,419 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 6 | #14,110 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,413 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,968 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 10 | #10,190 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 8 | #12,274 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 9 | #11,296 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 5 | #17,615 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 5 | #17,851 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (122)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 5 | #18,014 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 5 | #15,154 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,855 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 6 | #12,267 | under 0.01 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,833 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 5 | #12,385 | under 0.01 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,947 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,817 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,786 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,766 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,984 | under 0.01 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,446 | under 0.01 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,430 | under 0.01 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,875 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,551 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,534 | under 0.01 |
| 1975 | 9 | #6,107 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,107 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,816 | under 0.01 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,612 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,626 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,839 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,167 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,277 | under 0.01 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,116 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,281 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 18 | #2,964 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 17 | #3,155 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,506 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 14 | #3,475 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 18 | #2,991 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 24 | #2,460 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 19 | #2,698 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 26 | #2,225 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 24 | #2,299 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 27 | #2,116 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 33 | #1,854 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 22 | #2,323 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 45 | #1,463 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 29 | #1,868 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 45 | #1,397 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 39 | #1,480 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 34 | #1,605 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 49 | #1,316 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 36 | #1,585 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 43 | #1,323 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 44 | #1,193 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 37 | #1,322 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 53 | #1,104 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 43 | #1,212 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 45 | #1,107 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 63 | #909 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 47 | #1,040 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 47 | #1,047 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 46 | #1,052 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 64 | #849 | 0.06 |
| 1935 | 46 | #1,022 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 70 | #805 | 0.07 |
| 1933 | 56 | #907 | 0.06 |
| 1932 | 62 | #891 | 0.06 |
| 1931 | 61 | #878 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 65 | #898 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 70 | #852 | 0.06 |
| 1928 | 69 | #883 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 74 | #858 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 75 | #854 | 0.06 |
| 1925 | 95 | #761 | 0.08 |
| 1924 | 87 | #799 | 0.07 |
| 1923 | 98 | #736 | 0.08 |
| 1922 | 85 | #792 | 0.07 |
| 1921 | 102 | #728 | 0.08 |
| 1920 | 117 | #673 | 0.10 |
| 1919 | 89 | #748 | 0.08 |
| 1918 | 105 | #703 | 0.09 |
| 1917 | 113 | #639 | 0.10 |
| 1916 | 104 | #671 | 0.10 |
| 1915 | 96 | #671 | 0.10 |
| 1914 | 90 | #599 | 0.12 |
| 1913 | 83 | #563 | 0.13 |
| 1912 | 70 | #578 | 0.13 |
| 1911 | 51 | #596 | 0.12 |
| 1910 | 49 | #595 | 0.12 |
| 1909 | 48 | #555 | 0.14 |
| 1908 | 50 | #514 | 0.15 |
| 1907 | 47 | #525 | 0.15 |
| 1906 | 51 | #479 | 0.17 |
| 1905 | 42 | #532 | 0.14 |
| 1904 | 44 | #496 | 0.16 |
| 1903 | 36 | #542 | 0.14 |
| 1902 | 56 | #412 | 0.21 |
| 1901 | 33 | #535 | 0.14 |
| 1900 | 56 | #450 | 0.19 |
| 1899 | 44 | #439 | 0.19 |
| 1898 | 38 | #504 | 0.15 |
| 1897 | 41 | #459 | 0.18 |
| 1896 | 37 | #479 | 0.16 |
| 1895 | 44 | #429 | 0.19 |
| 1894 | 47 | #407 | 0.21 |
| 1893 | 32 | #478 | 0.15 |
| 1892 | 28 | #513 | 0.13 |
| 1891 | 45 | #373 | 0.24 |
| 1890 | 22 | #564 | 0.12 |
| 1889 | 36 | #406 | 0.20 |
| 1888 | 24 | #517 | 0.13 |
| 1887 | 24 | #460 | 0.16 |
| 1886 | 23 | #456 | 0.16 |
| 1885 | 14 | #585 | 0.11 |
| 1884 | 14 | #566 | 0.11 |
| 1883 | 10 | #624 | 0.09 |
| 1882 | 10 | #610 | 0.09 |
| 1881 | 8 | #645 | 0.09 |
| 1880 | 9 | #599 | 0.10 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Esta a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Esta has been given almost only to girls: 27 boys in 122 years of records.
Girls and boys named Esta: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Esta, and how old are they?
An estimated 978 Americans named Esta and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (22% of everyone recorded); the median is 73 years old and half are between 58 and 82. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 1,354 people named Esta (1,333 women and girls, 21 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,227 born in the U.S. The Census count is 10% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Esta born?
The states with the most babies named Esta are New York, Texas and West Virginia, with 56% of its births recorded by state since 1910; West Virginia is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 302 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Texas | 256 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| West Virginia | 243 | not ranked | 4.2× |
| Kentucky | 162 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Ohio | 135 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Oklahoma | 87 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Tennessee | 42 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Indiana | 34 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 28 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Arkansas | 26 | not ranked | 0.4× |
Where Esta is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Esta is most over-represented in West Virginia: since 1910 it was given 4.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Esta with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 6,938 babies since 1880, Esta is the most given (64% of them). In 2025 it was given to 9 of their 161 babies (5.6%), the fifth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Esta
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Esta and names like it
- Compare Esta and EstyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sEsta peaked in 1920.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Esta since 1910.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Esta.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Esta alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with EMost given first.