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Baby name
Esther
Girl
Origin of the name
Esther comes from Hebrew, and is linked to an Old Persian word for “star.” In the Bible, Queen Esther saves her people, and a book bears her name.
Classic name
271,234births since 1880
1910sgeneration
No. 38rank at its peak, in 1918
Where babies named Esther are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Esther is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Esther is most common in North Dakota (3 times), South Dakota (2.2) and New York (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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