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Estera

#12,297 in 2025Girls' name

English equivalent of Esther

Estera has been given to 116 babies in the U.S. since 1985. In 2025 it ranked #12,297 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1996, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Estera, 2025

1 in 474,000

Estera over time, 1880–2025

Girls
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Estera: meaning, origin, and history

English equivalent of Esther

Ancient Greek, Hebrew and Latin

What Estera means

Estera is a English equivalent of Esther.

Origin, language, and formation

Estera is used in Polish and Slovak. Its origins include Ancient Greek, Hebrew and Latin.

Estera comes through Latin Esthēr, Ancient Greek Ἐσθήρ and Biblical Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Esther.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Polish, Estera is pronounced /ɛsˈtɛ.ra/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 116 girls were recorded with the name Estera between 1985 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1996; its best national rank was #7,754 in 1996.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #15,848 in 2020 to #12,297 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Estera?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 474,000
7 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 230,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#12,297
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
328,272 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Estera sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Estera. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Esteras were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Estera was born before 2002 — so the typical Estera is around 23 today.

Median birth year
2002
About 23 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
38.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
52.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
116
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Choose a decade

1990s — 38.8% of all recorded uses (45).

Is Estera rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+1,707
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+3,551
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
63.6%
Peak was 1996 (11)
Years since peak
29
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
28.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#7,754
1996

Spellings of Estera

Estera is not the most common spelling — Esther is, with 68.8% against Estera's 0.03%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Estera around the world

Where Estera ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2004–2025
    #2,006
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2006–2025
    #885
    in 2025
  • France
    1948–2025
    #2,607
    in 2025
  • South Australia
    1964–2009
    #818
    in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Estera by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#12,297
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 3,551
Best rank ever
#7,754
1996
Peak year
1996
11 that year
First recorded
1985
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
116
Count in 2025
7

Names similar to Estera

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

EstoriaAbeeraSaveraEstesEsteenAveeraAleeraAmieraEsthelaEmeraEsteRivieraKameraEstineEstiEstaleeNeeraHeeraMaheraEstleEsthaJameraQuieraEstreya

Sibling names for Estera

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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