Is Estes a boy or girl name?

Estes is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 601 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 9.3% were girls and 90.7% were boys.

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Estes

Recorded 1887–2025 · United States

Estes was most popular in 1916, when 29 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,486 that year. In 2025 it ranked #20,040, with 7 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 601 people named Estes.

Estes over time

Births per year. The dot marks Estes’s peak in 1916. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Estes a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Estes is mostly a boy’s name — 9.3% of the 601 Americans given it were girls and 90.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 58% girls and 42% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org