Girls' name · since 1916
Esteen
Esteen has 88 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1935 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,546 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 88
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Esteen sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 88 recorded since 1916.
Esteen has 88 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1916 to 1938.
- #28,546 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 88 born since 1916
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Esteen ranks #28,546 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 88 born since 1916, peaking in the 1920s.
- #28,546 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 88
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Esteen's 88 recorded births place it above 60.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Esteen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Esteen splits its recorded history at 1926: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1916 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1935 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Esteen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1938
- Peak year (1935)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Esteen by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (49 births, 56% of the file).
1920s was Esteen's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Esteen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 18
1910s
18 births
- 1920s
1920s
49 births
- 1930s
1930s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 49 births (56% of all-time use).
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- Esteen's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (49 total births) through the 1930s (21) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Esteen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~22 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, 1916–1938 (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 Esteen 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.