first name
ESTER
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 15,869 people named Ester, 45.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 26.9% as White and 12.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 98.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ester peaked in 1925, when 307 babies got the name.
At least 17,156 babies have been given the name since 1881. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Ester by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #657. The largest share of babies named Ester, 26%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Ester is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ester has been most common in Mississippi (5.2×), Texas (4.3×), and Arkansas (3.3×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.09×).
10,907 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Ester
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ester, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ester ranks #14,503 of 156,621, with 1,978 people. See Ester as a last name
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