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Esther Practical • Magnetic • Charming
Esther Practical • Magnetic • Charming
Practical • Magnetic • Charming
EstherPractical • Magnetic • Charming
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Biblical Name For The Persian King's Wife Who Risked Herself To Save The Exiled People. .
Name of Ewan McGregor's daughter.
Esther Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
0.37%
Male
99.63%
Female
Esther is predominantly a girls name, with 99.63% of Esthers being girls, and 0.37% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 962 males named Esther, and 260363 females given the name
Popularity of Esther by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Esther in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Esther: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2025
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Esther' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the girls name Esther in the USA from 1880-2025. 1 being the highest and most popular, 66358 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 66358 unique total names have been given to girls living in the United States so far. Esther's average ranking is 718.46, with it's highest ever rank being #. Esther has reach the top 10 most popular girls name 2 times, and has reached the top hundred names 58 times.
Esther has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 261325 girls given the name in the past 200 years. Esther gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1893, when it's usage went up by 172.42%. During this year, 1382 babies were named Esther, which was 0.4423% of the baby girls born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.573%, in this year alone more than 7000 girls were named Esther.
Popular 'E' Names - Girls
| Name | 'E-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emily | 1. | 27. | 10926 | 0.302% |
| Evelyn | 2. | 38. | 10060 | 0.278% |
| Elizabeth | 3. | 45. | 9493 | 0.262% |
| Ella | 4. | 60. | 7866 | 0.217% |
| Eleanor | 5. | 116. | 5100 | 0.141% |
| Ellie | 6. | 120. | 5045 | 0.139% |
| Eva | 7. | 176. | 3777 | 0.104% |
| Eliana | 8. | 221. | 3185 | 0.088% |
| Elena | 9. | 223. | 3168 | 0.088% |
| Emilia | 10. | 237. | 3019 | 0.083% |
| Everly | 11. | 249. | 2873 | 0.079% |
| Emery | 12. | 294. | 2410 | 0.067% |
| Eden | 13. | 340. | 2068 | 0.057% |
| Emerson | 14. | 365. | 1947 | 0.054% |
| Elise | 15. | 371. | 1905 | 0.053% |
| Eliza | 16. | 383. | 1851 | 0.051% |
| Esther | 17. | 397. | 1789 | 0.049% |
| Eloise | 18. | 450. | 1554 | 0.043% |
| Evangeline | 19. | 513. | 1324 | 0.037% |
| Elliana | 20. | 533. | 1257 | 0.035% |