Estaban — boys' name
234 babies named Estaban in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Estaban was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Estaban in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Estaban
The Social Security Administration has registered 234 babies named Estaban between 1970 and 2023, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Estaban currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Estaban performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 69 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Estaban shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Estaban in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Estaban in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 234 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Estaban at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Estaban popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1970
- Peak year (1993)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
234 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 12 births in a single year.
Estaban by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 69 births that decade — 29% of Estaban's all-time total
Estaban decade highlights
- Peak decade 69 births
- Runner-up 52 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Estaban's strongest decade
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Estaban by state
Where Estaban concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 13 | 5.6% |
13 of 234 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 5.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.