The baby name Hester appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 1981. It was most popular in 1925 with 483 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Hester has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 274 |
| 1911 | 279 |
| 1912 | 311 |
| 1913 | 350 |
| 1914 | 391 |
| 1915 | 466 |
| 1915 | 6 |
| 1916 | 459 |
| 1917 | 454 |
| 1918 | 479 |
| 1919 | 424 |
| 1920 | 455 |
| 1921 | 410 |
| 1922 | 372 |
| 1923 | 404 |
| 1924 | 330 |
| 1925 | 483 |
| 1926 | 332 |
| 1927 | 356 |
| 1928 | 270 |
| 1929 | 281 |
| 1930 | 294 |
| 1931 | 199 |
| 1932 | 158 |
| 1932 | 18 |
| 1933 | 154 |
| 1934 | 177 |
| 1935 | 176 |
| 1936 | 171 |
| 1937 | 94 |
| 1938 | 125 |
| 1939 | 107 |
| 1940 | 102 |
| 1941 | 92 |
| 1942 | 90 |
| 1943 | 95 |
| 1944 | 99 |
| 1945 | 74 |
| 1946 | 58 |
| 1947 | 70 |
| 1948 | 60 |
| 1949 | 58 |
| 1950 | 65 |
| 1951 | 28 |
| 1952 | 52 |
| 1953 | 68 |
| 1954 | 61 |
| 1955 | 36 |
| 1956 | 27 |
| 1957 | 41 |
| 1958 | 28 |
| 1959 | 18 |
| 1960 | 5 |
| 1961 | 24 |
| 1963 | 5 |
| 1968 | 5 |
| 1970 | 10 |
| 1973 | 5 |
| 1981 | 6 |