Esa
Esa was the 2546th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 52 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,048 places. More babies were named Esa in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,546 boys, up 155 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 52boys
- Girls and boys
- 14% girls, 86% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202552 babies
- Total since 1880
- 768babies recorded
Esa popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,299 | #2,546 | 7 | 52 |
| 2020 | #13,970 | #2,701 | 6 | 46 |
| 2010 | — | #4,896 | — | 19 |
| 2000 | — | #7,007 | — | 9 |
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How popular is Esa, counting every spelling?
Esa is a spelling of Eesa, a name family that ranked #1,071 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,546 for Esa on its own. Together these spellings went to 188 boys in 2025.
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Esa?
52 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Esa (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Esa born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 161 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Esa.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Esa?
About 700 people born in the US named Esa are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 4 and 13. That makes Esa a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Esa by state
How common Esa was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (2.3×). In 46 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Esa: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Esa, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Esa
How popular is the name Esa?
Esa was the 2546th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 52 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,048 places. More babies were named Esa in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Esa a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 14% girls, 86% boys given the name Esa in the US.
Where is Esa most popular?
In 2021–2025, Esa was most common in New York (0.06 per 1,000 boys), followed by Maryland and Pennsylvania.