Girls' name · since 1993
Esty
980 babies named Esty in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,629 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,189 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 980
- born since 1993
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Esty is the #2189 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 980 recorded since 1993.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Esty has been recorded 980 times among girls since 1993, currently ranked #2189 nationally and more common than 87% 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 1993 to 2025.
- #7,629 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,189 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 980 born since 1993
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Esty ranks #7,629 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,189 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 980 born since 1993, peaking in the 2020s.
- #7,629 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,189 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 980
- born since 1993
- 2020s
- peak decade
Esty's 980 recorded births place it above 89.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Esty compares
980 Top 33% higher than 67% of 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
Esty's all-time total is 161% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Esty | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 980 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 89 | 21 | 19,840 |
Esty's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Esty splits its recorded history at 2010: 83% of all births land in the more recent half, 17% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1993 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 89 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Esty popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 89
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Esty by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (448 births, 46% of the file).
2020s was Esty's strongest decade.
448 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Esty births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 34
1990s
34 births
- 2000s 136
2000s
136 births
- 2010s
2010s
362 births
- 2020s
2020s
448 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 448 births (46% of all-time use).
How Esty compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Esty's total volume
Esty by state
Where Esty concentrates geographically, total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 696 | 71.0% |
696 of 980 births nationwide.
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What to do with Esty's data
- New York records the most Estys (696 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 Esty: 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 (~32 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, 1993–2025 (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 Esty 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.