U.S. Social Security · 1880–2024
Esther
A name that crested in the 1890s and has all but disappeared since.
Peaked 1897
1897peak
18801920196020002024
Peak year
1897
the crest of the wave
Peak rank
#27
of all U.S. girls’ names
Skew
99.6%
given to girls
Median age today
~97
median birth year 1929
Names that rose & fell alongside it