Esteban
A boys’ name of Greek origin, meaning crowned with laurels; a form of Stephen.
How Esteban has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #400 |
| 2016 | #416 |
| 2017 | #428 |
| 2018 | #440 |
| 2019 | #446 |
| 2020 | #469 |
| 2021 | #434 |
| 2022 | #431 |
| 2023 | #441 |
| 2024 | #456 |
| 2025 | #461 |
Esteban by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Esteban. In the US, 724 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 1,022 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.
At its height, in 2005, about 1 in 2,100 American boys born that year was called Esteban.
Other names that come from Stephen
Like Esteban, each of these traces back to Stephen: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Stephencrown, wreath1,321 in the US (2017)
- Stephaniecrown; wreath; a form of Stephen1,126 in the US (2017)
- Steviecrowned with wreaths; a form of Stephen171 in England and Wales (2025)
- Stefancrown, wreath; form of Stephen95 in England and Wales (2025)
- Stevecrown; wreath; a diminutive of Stephen186 in the US (2017)
- Stephancrown or wreath; a form of Stephen141 in the US (2017)
- Stephanycrown; a feminine form of Stephen99 in the US (2017)
- Stephoncrown; a form of Stephen90 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Esteban. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a king or ruler
Like Esteban, each of these has a king or ruler in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Henryruler of the home2,295 in England and Wales (2025)
- Averyruler of the elves10,365 in the US (2017)
- Ryanlittle king; descendent of rian8,422 in the US (2017)
- Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
- Arthurbear; the legendary king3,211 in England and Wales (2025)
- Reaganlittle king3,211 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Esteban
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