Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Esther

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Esther
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

6,574

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

66.4%

2024

2,206

All-time

268,912

Esther has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 6,574 girls were named Esther.

In 2024, only 2,206 girls were given the name.

Down 66.4% from its peak.

All told, about 268,912 Americans have been named Esther and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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