Esteban
Esteban is a Spanish male given name, derived from Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos) and related to the English names Steven and Stephen. Although in its original pronunciation the accent is on the penultimate syllable, English-speakers tend to pronounce it as a proparoxytone EST-ib-an.
Meaning & Origin of Esteban
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Esteban is a Spanish male given name, derived from Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos) and related to the English names Steven and Stephen. Although in its original pronunciation the accent is on the penultimate syllable, English-speakers tend to pronounce it as a proparoxytone EST-ib-an.
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The Story of Esteban
Esteban first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1891, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2005, when 1,024 Estebans were born — ranking #320 that year. As of 2026, Esteban ranks #449 for baby boys with 706 births, holding steady (+2%). In total, more than 36K Estebans have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1890s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Esteban
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- Esteban Alvarado , Costa Rican goalkeeper
- Esteban Andrés Suárez , Spanish football goalkeeper
- Esteban Cambiasso , Argentine footballer
- Esteban Dorr (born 2000), French table tennis player
- Esteban de Dorantes , 16th Century Explorer of North America
- Esteban de la Fuente , Argentine basketball player
- Esteban Fuertes , Argentine footballer
- Esteban Granero , Spanish footballer
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Names that sound like Esteban
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About the name Esteban
Esteban is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1891 and has accumulated 36K births in the dataset. Esteban's peak popularity came in 2005 when it ranked #320. Use the chart and map above to compare Esteban's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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