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Esther

Girl's name · #119 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Esther holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#119 in 2025). About 271,000 girls have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

In recent years, Esther ran about 3× its national rate in New Jersey and New York—ranked #11 in New Jersey in 2025. Its relative popularity was strongest in the West in the 1940s and 1950s, and is strongest in the Northeast in 2020–2025.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 48 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Esther ranks in other countries and regions.

#15 in Denmark (2025) · #59 in Sweden (2025) · #91 in New Zealand (2025) · #150 in England & Wales (2025) · #183 in Norway (2025) · #185 in Austria (2025) · #196 in Mexico (2024) · #204 in Scotland (2025) · #209 in Ireland (2025) · #210 in Ecuador (2025) · #233 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #266 in Belgium (2025) and 5 more.

Famous Esthers

• Esther Duflo — French-American economist (born 1972)
• Esther Williams — American swimmer, actress and singer (1921–2013)
• Esther Brand — South African former athlete (1922–2015)
• Esther Lederberg — American microbiologist and pioneer of bacterial genetics (1922–2006)
• Esther Vilar — Argentine writer

In stories & tradition

• Esther — Book of Esther (Bible)
• Esther Drummond — Torchwood (TV series)
• Esther Valentine — The Young and the Restless (TV series)

What Esthers become

Among 2,094 notable people named Esther:

Medical professionals appear 1.68× more often than among typical names — e.g. Esther Perel, Belgian psychotherapist and author.

Similar names: Georgia · Estella · Eva · Eliza · Miriam · Annie

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