NameTides

Esther

Esther was the #119 girls' name in the US in 2025 (2,277 babies), and #150 in England & Wales and #174 in Canada.

Esther as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Esther as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanadaScotlandIrelandNorthern Ireland
Esther as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#119 (2,277)#150 (333)#204 (19)#259 (6)#207 (21)#174 (166)
2024#130 (2,220)#145 (343)#260 (14)—#307 (13)#165 (167)
2023#138 (2,026)#146 (338)#250 (15)—#247 (16)#170 (154)
2022#138 (2,088)#160 (308)#324 (10)#418 (3)#222 (20)#165 (163)
2021#153 (1,847)#166 (311)#316 (11)—#284 (15)#182 (161)
2020#148 (1,832)#167 (303)#209 (18)—#246 (18)#195 (147)
2019#165 (1,732)#180 (276)#304 (12)—#457 (8)#198 (146)
2018#151 (1,860)#173 (312)#324 (11)#361 (4)#387 (11)#155 (186)
2017#165 (1,836)#141 (380)#327 (11)#355 (4)#316 (14)#219 (142)
2016#182 (1,814)#146 (375)#303 (13)—#335 (13)#214 (148)
2015#203 (1,625)#154 (352)#281 (14)#358 (4)#345 (14)#190 (170)
2014#199 (1,669)#152 (361)#235 (19)#205 (9)#373 (12)#218 (154)
2013#222 (1,440)#157 (329)#223 (19)#327 (5)#540 (7)#233 (141)
2012#237 (1,344)#156 (342)#370 (10)#451 (3)#264 (19)#243 (140)
2011#233 (1,356)#148 (368)#363 (10)#180 (11)#414 (11)#227 (141)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1896 at #27.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 710 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 710common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 760common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 940common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 900common

Next year

On its recent trend, Esther is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 660 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 620 to 1 in 710.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Esther by state, 2025Alaska: #60AKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #201WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #205NHWashington: #103WAIdaho: #175IDMontana: #208MTNorth Dakota: #195NDMinnesota: #119MNIllinois: #211ILMichigan: #167MINew York: #15NYMassachusetts: #106MAOregon: #125ORNevada: #178NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #97SDIowa: #154IAIndiana: #99INOhio: #219OHPennsylvania: #116PANew Jersey: #11NJConnecticut: #393CTRhode Island: #150RICalifornia: #188CAUtah: #239UTColorado: #270CONebraska: #223NEMissouri: #121MOKentucky: #185KYWest Virginia: #230WVVirginia: #200VAMaryland: #120MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #219AZNew Mexico: #296NMKansas: #184KSArkansas: #164ARTennessee: #133TNNorth Carolina: #238NCSouth Carolina: #228SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #128OKLouisiana: #369LAMississippi: #384MSAlabama: #266ALGeorgia: #208GAHawaii: #136HITexas: #215TXFlorida: #146FL
Esther (girls) 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#17932
Ontario2024#20458

Esther (girls): 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
EstherCanadaGirls#174166
EstherEngland & WalesGirls#150333
EstherIrelandGirls#20721
EstherNorthern IrelandGirls#2596
EstherScotlandGirls#20419
EstherUSGirls#1192,277
EstherUSBoys—too few