Recorded 1991–2015 Boys' name Peak 2002 153 births

Estefano — boys' name

153 babies named Estefano in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s332000s882010s32
2000s
Peak decade

58% of everyone ever named Estefano was born in this single decade.

2002
Single peak year

15 babies were named Estefano in 2002 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Estefano

The Social Security Administration has registered 153 babies named Estefano between 1991 and 2015, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Estefano currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Estefano performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 88 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Estefano shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Estefano in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Estefano 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 153 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.

Estefano at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

153

Since 1991

25 years of records

Peak year

2002

15 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

1991

Recorded for 25 years

Last year on file: 2015

Estefano popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1991

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (2002)
15
Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
05101520 2015201220082004200119981991 6

Estefano by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
88 births that decade — 58% of Estefano's all-time total
1990s332000s882010s32

Estefano by state

Where Estefano concentrates geographically — total births since 1991

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Estefano
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
10 6.5%
California share of Estefano's total US births 6.5%

10 of 153 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Estefano?
153 babies have been named Estefano since 1991. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 2002 with 15 births.
When was Estefano most popular?
Estefano was most popular in the 2000s decade with 88 total births. The single peak year was 2002.
Where is Estefano most popular?
The top states for the name Estefano are California (10 births).
How long has the name Estefano been used?
Estefano has been recorded in Social Security data since 1991, spanning 25 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Estefano?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Esteban, Estevan, Estel, Eston, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1991–2015 (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.