How popular is “Ester” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ester” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Ester” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Ester” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Ester” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Ester” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Ester” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ester” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year	Count	Proportion	Females	Males	Bias toward female
1881	6	0.000031138	6		100%
1882	10	0.00004514	10		100%
1883	9	0.000041485	9		100%
1884	13	0.000053397	13		100%
1885	11	0.000045671	11		100%
1886	16	0.000062667	16		100%
1887	11	0.000044464	11		100%
1888	26	0.000086819	21	5	62%
1889	18	0.000062295	18		100%
1890	31	0.000102853	25	6	61%
1891	26	0.000090696	20	6	54%
1892	35	0.000104673	35		100%
1893	36	0.000110693	36		100%
1894	37	0.000109244	37		100%
1895	41	0.000116802	41		100%
1896	43	0.000120285	43		100%
1897	57	0.000164285	51	6	79%
1898	61	0.000159914	55	6	80%
1899	50	0.000147391	44	6	76%
1900	79	0.000175455	72	7	82%
1901	50	0.000144587	50		100%
1902	43	0.000111188	43		100%
1903	50	0.000131165	44	6	76%
1904	52	0.000128877	52		100%
1905	85	0.000200509	85		100%
1906	65	0.000151709	65		100%
1907	83	0.000178345	83		100%
1908	65	0.00013302	59	6	82%
1909	78	0.000152575	69	9	77%
1910	111	0.000187909	92	19	66%
1911	110	0.000170734	101	9	84%
1912	136	0.000137643	123	13	81%
1913	133	0.000116963	121	12	82%
1914	165	0.000116497	134	31	62%
1915	209	0.000114056	187	22	79%
1916	219	0.000113212	198	21	81%
1917	200	0.000099664	175	25	75%
1918	227	0.000104555	202	25	78%
1919	268	0.000126999	240	28	79%
1920	251	0.000110932	226	25	80%
1921	269	0.000115228	253	16	88%
1922	277	0.000121005	249	28	80%
1923	248	0.00010771	230	18	85%
1924	236	0.000099093	216	20	83%
1925	307	0.000131573	281	26	83%
1926	287	0.000125005	263	24	83%
1927	244	0.000105202	220	24	80%
1928	251	0.000111016	228	23	82%
1929	225	0.000102638	207	18	84%
1930	213	0.000095804	193	20	81%
1931	190	0.000090288	179	11	88%
1932	179	0.000084782	163	16	82%
1933	164	0.000082023	147	17	79%
1934	171	0.000082338	157	14	84%
1935	165	0.000078951	158	7	92%
1936	168	0.000080863	151	17	80%
1937	187	0.000087766	165	22	76%
1938	146	0.000065986	139	7	90%
1939	138	0.000062629	125	13	81%
1940	165	0.000071655	152	13	84%
1941	153	0.000062797	140	13	83%
1942	160	0.000058569	150	10	88%
1943	174	0.000061646	156	18	79%
1944	173	0.00006431	157	16	82%
1945	136	0.000051264	127	9	87%
1946	185	0.000057897	173	12	87%
1947	181	0.000050245	171	10	89%
1948	198	0.000057349	183	15	85%
1949	178	0.000051079	172	6	93%
1950	190	0.000054234	177	13	86%
1951	160	0.000043434	143	17	79%
1952	187	0.000049236	178	9	90%
1953	180	0.000046709	180		100%
1954	157	0.00003944	141	16	80%
1955	165	0.000041095	158	7	92%
1956	169	0.000040989	164	5	94%
1957	157	0.000037362	149	8	90%
1958	155	0.000037495	147	8	90%
1959	154	0.000037037	147	7	91%
1960	160	0.000038519	160		100%
1961	150	0.000036212	145	5	93%
1962	146	0.00003618	140	6	92%
1963	141	0.000035622	141		100%
1964	137	0.00003524	137		100%
1965	119	0.000032824	119		100%
1966	89	0.000025607	89		100%
1967	95	0.000027983	89	6	87%
1968	79	0.000023384	79		100%
1969	89	0.000025609	84	5	89%
1970	89	0.000024678	89		100%
1971	113	0.000032922	106	7	88%
1972	86	0.000027362	86		100%
1973	71	0.000023534	71		100%
1974	85	0.000027961	80	5	88%
1975	62	0.000020534	62		100%
1976	60	0.000019774	60		100%
1977	64	0.000020148	64		100%
1978	53	0.000016699	53		100%
1979	74	0.000022242	74		100%
1980	77	0.000022354	72	5	87%
1981	79	0.000022836	79		100%
1982	94	0.000026796	94		100%
1983	72	0.000020789	72		100%
1984	56	0.000016052	56		100%
1985	70	0.000019613	64	6	83%
1986	79	0.000022209	79		100%
1987	59	0.000016363	59		100%
1988	70	0.000018944	70		100%
1989	82	0.000021329	82		100%
1990	67	0.000016951	67		100%
1991	80	0.000020538	80		100%
1992	69	0.000017963	69		100%
1993	68	0.000018036	68		100%
1994	79	0.00002125	79		100%
1995	75	0.00002048	75		100%
1996	71	0.000019467	71		100%
1997	76	0.000020961	76		100%
1998	78	0.000021206	78		100%
1999	91	0.000024635	91		100%
2000	102	0.000026985	102		100%
2001	79	0.000021104	79		100%
2002	98	0.000026215	98		100%
2003	96	0.000025248	96		100%
2004	88	0.000023031	88		100%
2005	119	0.000030951	119		100%
2006	95	0.000024013	95		100%
2007	103	0.000025765	103		100%
2008	137	0.000034854	137		100%
2009	92	0.000024083	92		100%
2010	119	0.000032199	119		100%
2011	122	0.000033353	122		100%
2012	117	0.00003199	117		100%
2013	122	0.000033464	122		100%
2014	115	0.000031028	115		100%
2015	112	0.000030263	112		100%
2016	111	0.000030256	111		100%
2017	130	0.000036351	130		100%
2018	118	0.000033562	118		100%
2019	124	0.000035725	124		100%
2020	124	0.000037119	124		100%
2021	144	0.000042504	144		100%
2022	138	0.000040791	138		100%
2023	158	0.000047717	158		100%
2024	143	0.000042962	143		100%

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