Girls' name · since 2021

Este

Since 2021, U.S. Social Security records show 67 babies named Este, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#31,607 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#7,866 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
67
born since 2021
2020s
peak decade

Este currently ranks #7866 among girls' names in America, with 67 babies recorded since 2021.

Social Security Administration records show Este recorded 67 times among girls since 2021, holding rank #7866 nationally today, ahead of 55% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2021 to 2025.

  • #31,607 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #7,866 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 67 born since 2021
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Este ranks #31,607 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,866 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 67 born since 2021, peaking in the 2020s.

#31,607 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#7,866 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
67
born since 2021
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%54.5%
Este vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Este's 67 recorded births place it above 56.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Este compares

67 19th percentile among 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

Este's all-time total is 82% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Este Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 67 376 567,345
Peak-year births 16 21 19,840

Este's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Este splits its recorded history at 2023: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2021 (9 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Este popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2023)
16
Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
81012141618 20212022202320242025 14

Este by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (67 births, 100% of the file).

2020s was Este's strongest decade.

67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Este births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 67 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Este?
Since 2021, Social Security records show 67 babies named Este. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #31,607 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #7,866 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2023, with 16 births.
Where does Este sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Este ranks #31,607 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,866 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Este most popular?
Este was most popular in the 2020s decade with 67 total births. The single peak year was 2023.
How long has the name Este been used?
Este has been recorded in Social Security data since 2021, spanning 5 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Este?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Esther, Estelle, Estella, Estrella, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Este: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2021–2025 (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 Este 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.