Boys' name · since 1989
Esteve
Esteve has 28 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1995 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,325 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 28
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
28 boys have been named Esteve since 1989, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Esteve has 28 recorded births among boys since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2001.
- #26,325 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 28 born since 1989
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Esteve ranks #26,325 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 28 born since 1989, peaking in the 1990s.
- #26,325 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 28
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Esteve's 28 recorded births place it above 41.62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Esteve's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Esteve splits its recorded history at 1992: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1989 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1995 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Esteve popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2001
- Peak year (1995)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Esteve by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (17 births, 61% of the file).
1990s was Esteve's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Esteve births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
17 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 17 births (61% of all-time use).
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- Esteve's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (17 total births) through the 2000s (6) -- 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 Esteve: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~12 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, 1989–2001 (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 Esteve 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.