Unisex name · since 1917
Estee
830 babies named Estee in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,530 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,579 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 830
- born since 1917
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Estee is the #6579 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 830 recorded since 1917.
Estee has 830 recorded births among girls since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6579 as of the latest data, more common than 62% of girls, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2025.
- #8,530 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,579 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 830 born since 1917
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Estee ranks #8,530 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,579 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 830 born since 1917, peaking in the 1980s.
- #8,530 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,579 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 830
- born since 1917
- 1980s
- peak decade
Estee's 830 recorded births place it above 88.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Estee compares
830 Top 35% higher than 65% 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
Estee's all-time total is 121% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Estee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 830 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 21 | 19,840 |
Estee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Estee's full recorded timeline at 1996, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 29 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Estee popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2025
- Peak year (1992)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Estee popularity over time - boys
43 total births recorded since 1917 (Estee as boys' name)
Estee by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (191 births, 23% of the file).
1980s was Estee's strongest decade.
191 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Estee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 10
1910s
10 births
- 1920s 11
1920s
11 births
- 1970s
1970s
130 births
- 1980s
1980s
191 births
- 1990s
1990s
147 births
- 2000s
2000s
124 births
- 2010s
2010s
132 births
- 2020s
2020s
85 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 191 births (23% of all-time use).
How Estee 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 Estee's total volume
Estee by state
Where Estee concentrates geographically, total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 41 | 4.9% |
| #2 | California | | 30 | 3.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 5 | 0.6% |
41 of 830 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Estee's data
- Estee's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (191 total births) through the 2020s (85) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Estees (41 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 Estee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~108 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, 1917–2025 (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 Estee 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.