Boys' name · since 1915
Esten
238 babies named Esten in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,956 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,120 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 238
- born since 1915
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Esten is the #12120 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 238 recorded since 1915.
Esten has 238 recorded births among boys since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12120 as of the latest data, more common than 13% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #11,956 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,120 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 238 born since 1915
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Esten ranks #11,956 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,120 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 238 born since 1915, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,956 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,120 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 238
- born since 1915
- 2010s
- peak decade
Esten's 238 recorded births place it above 73.69% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Esten compares
238 41st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Esten's all-time total is 36% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Esten | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 238 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 34 | 22,252 |
Esten's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Esten splits its recorded history at 2007: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1919 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2010 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Esten popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Esten by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (73 births, 31% of the file).
2010s was Esten's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Esten births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 18
1910s
18 births
- 1920s 22
1920s
22 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 16
1990s
16 births
- 2000s
2000s
63 births
- 2010s
2010s
73 births
- 2020s
2020s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 73 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Esten's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (73 total births) through the 2020s (40) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Esten: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~110 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, 1915–2025 (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 Esten 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.