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Hester
Pronounced /ˈhɛstɚ/
Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1918 · #323
Origin
Persian
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- No girls were recorded as Hester in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
- It peaked in 1918 with 394 babies, ranked #323.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 14,222 girls have been named Hester since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Hester per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.4Greatest1901–27
- 0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 7,190 babies, 0.35 per 1,000. Silent: 2,685 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,366 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen X: 382 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 182 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 25 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 12 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From the Latin form of Esther. ==== Proper noun ==== Hester A female given name from Persian, of 17th century and later usage. ===== Related terms ===== Esther pet forms: Hettie, Hetty
- A female given name from Persian, of 17th century and later usage.
- Origin
- Persian
- Say it
- /ˈhɛstɚ/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Hester, CC BY-SA 4.0.