How Many People Are Named Easter?
people named Easter are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 213,615 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,579 babies named Easter in Social Security records from 1880 to 2017, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
133 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the English name of the Christian festival celebrating the resurrection of Jesus. It was ultimately named for the Germanic spring goddess Eostre. It was traditionally given to children born on Easter, though it is rare in modern times.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Easter (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Easter alive today is about 67 years old, and 73% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 58 and 80 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Easter first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1925, to 133 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2017.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2017
🏆 Rank History
Easter has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #415, in 1883.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #415 (1883) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #688 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Easter alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Easter were born in Mississippi than in any other state: about 156 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Easter was given 8.5 times as often in Mississippi, 5 times in South Carolina and 4.9 times in Alabama.
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