Girls' name · since 1920
Esthel
12 babies named Esthel in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #51,723 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 1920
- 1920s
- peak decade
Esthel is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 12 have been recorded since 1920.
Esthel has 12 recorded births among girls since 1920, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 1924.
- #51,723 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 12 born since 1920
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Esthel ranks #51,723 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 12 born since 1920, peaking in the 1920s.
- #51,723 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 1920
- 1920s
- peak decade
Esthel's 12 recorded births place it above 27.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Esthel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Esthel splits its recorded history at 1924: 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 1920 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1924 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Esthel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–1924
- Peak year (1924)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Esthel by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (12 births, 100% of the file).
1920s was Esthel's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Esthel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 12 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Esthel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1924)
Similar record span (~4 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, 1920–1924 (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 Esthel 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.