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How popular is the name Ester?
Births per year, rank history and how many Esters are alive today.
Ester (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Esther in England and Wales, ranked 1512th in 2025 and given to 20 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2022, when 24 babies were given the name, the 1326th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2013, with 22 babies given the name that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
Across all spellings of the name, the Esther you are most likely to meet is around 71 years old - or else around 10: the name has two living generations. Half of all Esthers born in England and Wales are between 23 and 72, and there are at least 30,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 9.1% chance that at least one of them will be called Esther.
How many babies are named Ester each year?
Includes all spellings: Ester, Esther. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Ester spelling rank?
Where does the Esther spelling rank?
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.
Common questions
When was the name Ester most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Esther, peaked in 1904, when around 810 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Ester spelling itself peaked in 2022, with 24 babies.
How many people are called Ester?
At least 30,000 people named Ester in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Ester?
Most living Esters are between 23 and 72; the most common age is about 71. There is a second cluster around 10.
Is Ester becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.