Esterline
Esterline Technologies Corporation was a publicly traded company that designs, manufactures, and markets specialty products primarily for aerospace and defense customers. The company is best known as a supplier of products and equipment for aerospace companies such as Boeing and Airbus; and for American and allied military forces.
Meaning & Origin of Esterline
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Esterline Technologies Corporation was a publicly traded company that designs, manufactures, and markets specialty products primarily for aerospace and defense customers. The company is best known as a supplier of products and equipment for aerospace companies such as Boeing and Airbus; and for American and allied military forces.
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The Story of Esterline
Esterline first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1928, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1928: 7 births, good for #3,743 nationwide. About 71% of every Esterline on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Esterline last appeared in the published SSA data in 1932, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 17 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
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Names that sound like Esterline
Phonetically similar names — useful when Esterline is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Estrin
- Enterline
- Easterling
- Airline
- Interline
- Westerling
- Austrian
- Eyestrain
- Easterly
- Waterline
- Astron
- Estrange
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About the name Esterline
Esterline is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1928 and has accumulated 17 births in the dataset. Esterline's peak popularity came in 1928 when it ranked #3,743. Use the chart and map above to compare Esterline'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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