Ester · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Ester.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1888

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 67 recorded years as a table

Ester, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1888	41
1890	54
1891	59
1897	53
1898	49
1899	56
1900	47
1903	50
1908	39
1909	55
1910	98
1911	40
1912	30
1913	23
1914	47
1915	26
1916	24
1917	27
1918	25
1919	29
1920	23
1921	15
1922	26
1923	16
1924	18
1925	23
1926	22
1927	21
1928	21
1929	17
1930	18
1931	11
1932	15
1933	17
1934	14
1935	7
1936	16
1937	21
1938	6
1939	12
1940	11
1941	11
1942	7
1943	13
1944	12
1945	7
1946	7
1947	5
1948	9
1949	3
1950	7
1951	9
1952	5
1954	8
1955	3
1956	2
1957	4
1958	4
1959	3
1961	2
1962	3
1967	3
1969	3
1971	4
1974	3
1980	3
1985	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ester isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1985: 6
Rank in 1985: #5,785
How rare: 1 in 308,035 boys
Since 1888: 891

Ester was last recorded in 1985. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1910, at 98 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Ester doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.