Esta
Esta is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 8 births. Its best rank was 373rd, in 1891.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 80.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1920117 births
- Best rank
- #373in 1891
- Since 1880
- 4,430people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,430 girls have been named Esta in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 117 births.
The name has all but left use: 8 births in 2024, against 117 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1923, and the 1920s alone account for 20%. It has spent 57 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Esta | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 172 | |
| 1890s | 378 | |
| 1900s | 463 | |
| 1910s | 850 | |
| 1920s | 872 | |
| 1930s | 564 | |
| 1940s | 447 | |
| 1950s | 309 | |
| 1960s | 143 | |
| 1970s | 82 | |
| 1980s | 52 | |
| 1990s | 24 | |
| 2000s | 5 | |
| 2010s | 47 | |
| 2020s | 22 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Esta was the 673rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1920 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Esta
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Loviepeak 1919
- Virgiepeak 1918
- Verdiepeak 1918
- Almapeak 1918
- Albertinepeak 1918
- Olapeak 1921
- Ednapeak 1918
- Verniepeak 1916
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.