Girls' name · since 1991
Esti
Esti has 246 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,739 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,017 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 246
- born since 1991
- 2020s
- peak decade
246 babies have been named Esti since 1991, making it today's #4017 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Esti has been recorded 246 times among girls since 1991, currently ranked #4017 nationally and more common than 77% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2025.
- #17,739 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,017 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 246 born since 1991
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Esti ranks #17,739 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,017 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 246 born since 1991, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,739 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,017 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 246
- born since 1991
- 2020s
- peak decade
Esti's 246 recorded births place it above 75.43% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Esti compares
246 41st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Esti's all-time total is 35% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Esti | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 246 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 36 | 21 | 19,840 |
Esti's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Esti's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 75% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 25%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1991, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 36, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Esti popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Esti by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (149 births, 61% of the file).
2020s was Esti's strongest decade.
149 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Esti births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
- 2010s
2010s
75 births
- 2020s
2020s
149 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 149 births (61% of all-time use).
Esti by state
Where Esti concentrates geographically, total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 49 | 19.9% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 16 | 6.5% |
| #3 | California | | 7 | 2.8% |
49 of 246 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Esti's data
- New York records the most Estis (49 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
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 Esti: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1991–2025 (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 Esti 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.