Given name & surname
Estes
“one who lives near the estuary”
Estes is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “one who lives near the estuary.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “one who lives near the estuary.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1887. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Estes through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 601
- 545 boys · 56 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 29 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,302 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +89%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,302 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 287 as a first name in 2020; 34,729 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Estes’s family of names
Estes has a related form in Estas. Estes has a related form in Estis. Estes has a related form in Estys.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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