How rare is the name Estevan?

6,905 people in the United States have the first name Estevan, about 1 in 43,741. It ranks #3,155 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ESTEVAN

#3,155

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,905
About
1 in 43,741
This common or more
81.8%
Who bears it

Of the 6,905 people named Estevan, 96% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 2.6% as White. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Estevan peaked in 2003, when 282 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18852025
Peak year
2003
Births that year
282
In 2025*
65 ▼77%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 8,966 babies have been given the name since 1885. 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.

Estevan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,583. The largest share of babies named Estevan, 38.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#3,1215
1910s#5,90549
1920s#4,114154
1930s#3,713150
1940s#3,966151
1950s#4,121184
1960s#3,679274
1970s#2,598614
1980s#1,9271,236
1990s#1,5832,239
2000s#1,8792,278
2010s#3,1291,214
2020s#4,488418
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–272%
Silent Generation 1928–453%
Baby boom 1946–644.3%
Generation X 1965–809.3%
Millennials 1981–9629.9%
Generation Z 1997–1238.9%
2013 and later12.6%

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 Estevan is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Estevan has been most common in New Mexico (23×), Arizona (7.1×), and Texas (3.9×), and least common in New York (0.08×).

7,069 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.

Also a last name

As a last name, Estevan ranks #72,692 of 156,621, with 288 people. See Estevan as a last name

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