How Many People Are Named Esta?
people named Esta are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 338,066 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,466 babies named Esta in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
117 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of ESTHER.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Esta in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Esta alive today is about 66 years old, and 74% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 58 and 81 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Esta first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1920, to 117 babies. In 2025, 9 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Esta has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #373, in 1891. In 2025 it ranked #10,348.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #10,348 |
| Best rank | #373 (1891) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #779 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Esta alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Esta were born in New York than in any other state: about 109 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Esta was given 10.2 times as often in West Virginia, 4.5 times in Kentucky and 3.4 times in Texas.
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