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How popular is the name Esta?

Births per year, rank history and how many Estas are alive today.

Esta (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 5927th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. The name peaked in 2015, when 12 babies were given the name, the 2195th most popular that year. It has declined since 2015; the 2025 figure is roughly 25% of its peak.

The Esta you are most likely to meet is around 12 years old - or else around 31: the name has two living generations. Half of all Estas born in England and Wales are between 11 and 29, and there are at least 220 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Esta - on average, only one in every 1,432 such rooms contains a Esta.

How many babies are named Esta each year?

0510200020201996: 71997: 51999: 52000: 72001: 32002: 32003: 32004: 52005: 52006: 72007: 82008: 72010: 72011: 62012: 82013: 82014: 102015: 122016: 72017: 72018: 62019: 42020: 52021: 42022: 42023: 72024: 52025: 3actual

Where does Esta rank among girls' names?

1101001,00010,000200020201996: ranked 2,0961997: ranked 2,7381999: ranked 2,7702000: ranked 2,1672001: ranked 3,9982002: ranked 4,1372003: ranked 4,3732004: ranked 3,1972005: ranked 3,3822006: ranked 2,7812007: ranked 2,6272008: ranked 3,0052010: ranked 3,1562011: ranked 3,5492012: ranked 2,9692013: ranked 2,8872014: ranked 2,4642015: ranked 2,1952016: ranked 3,2142017: ranked 3,2292018: ranked 3,5182019: ranked 4,6862020: ranked 3,8992021: ranked 4,6342022: ranked 4,6462023: ranked 3,2192024: ranked 4,1932025: ranked 5,927

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Esta per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 12 in 2015
Esta: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Esta most popular?

Esta peaked in 2015, when 12 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Esta?

At least 220 people named Esta born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Esta?

Most living Estas are between 11 and 29; the most common age is about 12. There is a second cluster around 31.

Is Esta becoming more or less popular?

Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.






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