Girls' name · since 1920
Hesta
Hesta has 26 recorded births since 1920 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1920 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #42,688 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 26
- born since 1920
- 1920s
- peak decade
Hesta sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 26 recorded since 1920.
Hesta has 26 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 1928.
- #42,688 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 26 born since 1920
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hesta ranks #42,688 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 26 born since 1920, peaking in the 1920s.
- #42,688 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 26
- born since 1920
- 1920s
- peak decade
Hesta's 26 recorded births place it above 40.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Hesta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Hesta's SSA record in two at 1927 and the more recent half accounts for 42% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 58%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1926, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1920 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Hesta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–1928
- Peak year (1920)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Hesta by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (26 births, 100% of the file).
1920s was Hesta's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Hesta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 26 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Hesta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1920–1928 (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 Hesta 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.