Name meaning & stats
Esther
Esther means “star” (Persian origin). 109,063 US babies since 1940, peak 2025.
What it means
“star”
PersianWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2025
109,063 US babies were named Esther between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Esther (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Name twins (peaked around 2025)