Estes — #12337 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Estes

The Social Security Administration has registered 545 babies named Estes between 1887 and 2024, spanning 138 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Estes currently holds the #12337 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 29 babies received it in a single year. Estes is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 49 additional births since 1913.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Estes performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 147 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Estes shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Estes in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Estes 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 545 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.