Hester was the #14,942 girls' name in the US in 2025 (5 babies), and #1,892 in England & Wales.
Hester as a girl’s name
US
England & Wales
Scotland
Ireland
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
Scotland
Ireland
2025
#14,942 (5)
#1,892 (15)
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2024
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#2,575 (10)
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2023
#15,194 (5)
#1,863 (15)
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2022
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#2,889 (8)
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2021
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#2,073 (13)
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2020
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#1,773 (16)
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2019
#12,448 (7)
#2,040 (13)
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2018
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#1,649 (18)
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2017
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#1,733 (17)
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2016
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#1,749 (17)
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2015
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#1,240 (27)
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2014
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#1,501 (20)
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2013
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#1,774 (16)
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2012
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#1,253 (26)
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2011
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#1,489 (20)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1893 at #203.
In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
In 1970, 87% of US babies named Hester were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 330,000 baby girls 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.