Esteban
Esteban is ranked 456th among boys in 2024 (681 births). Its best rank was 320th, in 2005.
- Rank in 2024
- #456down 14 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 6810.04% of boys
- Peak year
- 20051,024 births
- Best rank
- #320in 2005
- Since 1891
- 34,913people given the name
The story in the numbers
34,913 boys have been named Esteban in the United States since 1891, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2005, with 1,024 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 395 → 456).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2002, and the 2000s alone account for 25%. It has spent 83 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Esteban | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 21 | |
| 1910s | 137 | |
| 1920s | 395 | |
| 1930s | 347 | |
| 1940s | 440 | |
| 1950s | 608 | |
| 1960s | 1,035 | |
| 1970s | 2,301 | |
| 1980s | 3,593 | |
| 1990s | 6,455 | |
| 2000s | 8,658 | |
| 2010s | 7,469 | |
| 2020s | 3,449 |
In 2005, its biggest year
Esteban was the 320th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2005 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan. See all of 2005.
Names that rose and fell with Esteban
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Moisespeak 2001
- Andrespeak 2007
- Fabianpeak 2007
- Adrianpeak 2008
- Nicolaspeak 2003
- Dantepeak 1998
- Dorianpeak 2008
- Ahmadpeak 2001
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.