Girls' name · since 1880
Esta
4,439 babies named Esta in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,781 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,111 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,439
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Yes -- Esta is the #10111 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 4,439 recorded since 1880.
Esta has 4,439 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10111 as of the latest data, more common than 42% of girls, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #2,781 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,111 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,439 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Esta ranks #2,781 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,111 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,439 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #2,781 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,111 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,439
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Esta's 4,439 recorded births place it above 96.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
18 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Esta compares
4,439 Top 15% higher than 85% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Esta's all-time total is 12x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Esta | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,439 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 117 | 21 | 19,840 |
Esta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Esta splits its recorded history at 1941: 24% of all births land in the more recent half, 76% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1920 peak of 117 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Esta popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1920)
- 117
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Esta popularity over time - boys
27 total births recorded since 1881 (Esta as boys' name)
Esta by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (872 births, 20% of the file).
1920s was Esta's strongest decade.
872 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Esta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 172
1880s
172 births
- 1890s
1890s
378 births
- 1900s
1900s
463 births
- 1910s
1910s
850 births
- 1920s
1920s
872 births
- 1930s
1930s
564 births
- 1940s
1940s
447 births
- 1950s 309
1950s
309 births
- 1960s 143
1960s
143 births
- 1970s 82
1970s
82 births
- 1980s 52
1980s
52 births
- 1990s 24
1990s
24 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 47
2010s
47 births
- 2020s 31
2020s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 872 births (20% of all-time use).
How Esta compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Esta's total volume
Esta by state
Where Esta concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 302 | 6.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 256 | 5.8% |
| #3 | West Virginia | | 243 | 5.5% |
| #4 | Kentucky | | 162 | 3.6% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 135 | 3.0% |
| #6 | Oklahoma | | 87 | 2.0% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 42 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 34 | 0.8% |
302 of 4,439 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Esta appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Esta's data
- Esta's decade-level peak was the 1920s (872 total births); usage has since declined to 31 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Estas (302 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Esta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Esta draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.