How Many People Are Named Ester?
people named Ester are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 37,980 people in the US has this name
Based on 17,156 babies named Ester in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
307 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Cognate of ESTHER.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Ester, 98.1% were girls and 1.9% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1880s: 95.8% of the babies were girls then and 100% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ester alive today is about 44 years old, and 39% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 18 and 69 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ester first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 1925, to 307 babies. In 2025, 134 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ester has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #368, in 1905. In 2025 it ranked #1,574.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,574 |
| Best rank | #368 (1905) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #447 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ester alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ester were born in Texas than in any other state: about 2,167 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ester was given 4.8 times as often in Texas, 4.2 times in Mississippi and 2.7 times in Arkansas.
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