Esta

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Esta: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Esta: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #2,096, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2096highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#2738
1999	#2770
2000	#2167
2001	#3998
2002	#4137
2003	#4373
2004	#3197
2005	#3382
2006	#2781
2007	#2627
2008	#3005
2010	#3156
2011	#3549
2012	#2969
2013	#2887
2014	#2464
2015	#2195
2016	#3214
2017	#3229
2018	#3518
2019	#4686
2020	#3899
2021	#4634
2022	#4645
2023	#3218
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2096 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #2096 among girls in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Esta by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Esta in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	17	3 of 10	6
2000s	48	9 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	75	10 of 10	8
2020s	25	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Esta appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2096 in England and Wales in 1996.

Esta's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2195	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2464	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2627	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,096, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
15 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#4,192position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12births registered in its largest year, 2015Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Essam · #2470, 12y
Essie · #621, 20y
Estee · #2499, 18y
Estela · #758, 14y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ismay · #2096, 25y
Ridha · #2096, 23y
Sema · #2096, 22y
Adama · #2095, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Hanya · #2096, 20y
Ismay · #2096, 25y
Remmie · #2096, 12y
Ridha · #2096, 23y

Esta and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Esta without appearing here.

Esta moved ahead of

Lynette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2781 and #2509 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2969 and #5876.
Finlay Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3005 and #3005 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #3156 and #5707.
Geraldine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3005 and #2487 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #3156 and #5707.
Tracy Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4645 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3218 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Esta

Beau Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2167 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3998 and #1107.
Aria Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2167 and #2416 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3998 and #1870.
Liv Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2167 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #2105.
Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3229 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #1711.

Moved the opposite way to Esta

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esta went from #2096 to #4192 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esta went from #2096 to #4192 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esta went from #2096 to #4192 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esta went from #2096 to #4192 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Esta

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esta went from #2096 to #4192 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esta went from #2096 to #4192 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esta went from #2096 to #4192 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esta went from #2096 to #4192 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2096 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Esta

Esta at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Esta by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Esta appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Esta and the names beside it

Esta moved ahead of

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Esta at a glance

Esta by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Esta appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Esta and the names beside it

Esta moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Esta

Moved the opposite way to Esta

Moved the same way as Esta