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Girl's name · #1574 in the US (2025) · Timeless
Ester holds its lane: charted since 1881 and rarely far from where it stands today (#1574 in 2025). About 16,000 girls have carried it along the way.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 12 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#33 in Sweden (2025) · #34 in Czechia (2025) · #49 in Finland (Swedish-sp.) (2025) · #209 in Norway (2025) · #372 in Poland (2025) · #663 in Ecuador (2025) · #912 in Austria (2025) · #1,054 in Belgium (2025) · #1,247 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,533 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,148 in Canada (2024).
Among 490 notable people named Ester:
Artists & writers appear 1.43× more often than among typical names — e.g. Ester Dean, American singer and songwriter.
Ester is the less common spelling of Esther — about 6% of babies given the name are written this way; Esther itself ranked #119 in 2025.
Similar names: Esty · Petra · Estela · Carmela · Eunice · Leonor
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