Girl’s name · Persian, Yiddish

Esty

How to say it: ESS-tee · /ˈɛsti/

Yiddish diminutive of Esther (Persian 'star') - familiar in Hasidic communities, now used alone.

Esty was the 1,653rd most popular girls’ name in the United States in 2025, given to 85 babies (Social Security Administration). The 2020s are its busiest decade so far, its births are up 2.0-fold in ten years, and it is projected to rise to #1,251 by 2030.

Updated · SSA 2025 data, published May 2026 · How we compute these figures

#1,653for girls in 2025
1 in 39,004US babies
85born in 2025
#1,251projected for 2030
2020sits peak decade
under 1 in 200chance a classmate shares it

Key facts

Key facts about Esty
Rank among girls’ names, 2025#1,653
Babies born in 202585
Share of births1 in 39,004
Peak decade2020s
Change over 10 years×2.0
Projected rank for 2030 (estimate)#1,251

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA). How we compute these figures.

Its life, decade by decade

Esty is a newcomer: almost all of its history is from the last forty years.

1900195020002020–25
Peak: 46 per million births, 2020s.

What goes with it

In the classroom

In a class of 25 children born in 2025, the chance that another child is called Esty is about under 1 in 200.

Around the world

This spelling is used in English, Hebrew.

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