Esterlene — girls' name
73 babies named Esterlene in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1938. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
37% of everyone ever named Esterlene was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Esterlene in 1938 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Esterlene
The Social Security Administration has registered 73 babies named Esterlene between 1914 and 1951, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Esterlene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1951. The name reached its historical peak in 1938, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Esterlene performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Esterlene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Esterlene 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 73 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.
Esterlene at a glance
Last recorded 1951Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Esterlene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–1914
- Peak year (1938)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1951.
73 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1938 with 10 births in a single year.
Esterlene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 27 births that decade — 37% of Esterlene's all-time total
Esterlene decade highlights
- Peak decade 27 births
- Runner-up 27 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Esterlene's strongest decade
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
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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, 1914–1951 (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.