NameTides

Esteban

Esteban was the #461 boys' name in the US in 2025 (673 babies), and #5,137 in England & Wales and #1,374 in Canada.

Esteban as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Esteban as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Esteban as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#461 (673)#5,137 (3)#1,374 (17)
2024#458 (682)—#1,507 (14)
2023#442 (703)—#1,015 (23)
2022#431 (718)#3,049 (6)#894 (27)
2021#435 (716)#3,451 (5)#910 (26)
2020#471 (633)#4,608 (3)#608 (42)
2019#446 (685)#4,702 (3)#798 (30)
2018#440 (687)#2,693 (7)#618 (42)
2017#428 (725)#3,996 (4)#559 (48)
2016#416 (762)#2,804 (7)#550 (50)
2015#399 (775)#4,747 (3)#546 (50)
2014#395 (790)#3,895 (4)#432 (69)
2013#392 (761)—#435 (67)
2012#392 (760)#3,039 (6)#387 (76)
2011#382 (764)#3,300 (5)#395 (72)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2005 at #320.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1891.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,500 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Esteban is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,600 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,500 to 1 in 2,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Esteban by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #529WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #485ILMichigan: #999MINew York: #1,119NYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: #529ORNevada: #299NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #711INOhio: #1,111OHPennsylvania: #742PANew Jersey: #915NJConnecticut: #382CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #226CAUtah: #561UTColorado: #535CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #971VAMaryland: #475MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #234AZNew Mexico: #236NMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #672TNNorth Carolina: #569NCSouth Carolina: #552SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #504OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #541GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #223TXFlorida: #499FL
Esteban (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#40611

Esteban (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EstebanCanadaBoys#1,37417
EstebanEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
EstebanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
EstebanUSGirls—too few
EstebanUSBoys#461673