Esa

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Peak · boys
#2,539
2025 · 52 births
Debut · boys
1989
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
659
since 1989

Esa over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #6,042, 1967girlsboysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#11,9327#2,53952
2024#11,1228#2,95842
2023#12,1977#2,57551
2022#11,2318#3,41234
2021#11,1468#2,65248
2020#13,4536#2,68946
2019#11,3568#2,99340
2018#13,7936#3,30134
2017—#3,37833
2016#16,2155#3,11137
2015—#4,54521
2014#14,5586#3,61729
2013—#3,66128
2012#13,4837#5,03518
2011—#6,25613
2010—#4,84819
2009—#6,43613
2008—#7,69810
2007—#6,26213
2006#17,1685#7,9989
2005—#6,63411
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2003—#7,8318
2002#15,4325#9,3926
2001—#7,5368
2000—#6,8399
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First appearance
1989

The first year at least five boys were named Esa! It came in at #6,229, and was given to 7 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1990–1994, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Esa is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedMINew York: #1,576 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 14,070 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedHITexas: #2,080 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 25,007 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Esa, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New York#1,576 · 1 in 14,070
  2. Texas#2,080 · 1 in 25,007

Best ever in a state: #699 in Maryland, 2023.

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New York#1,57661 in 14,070
Texas#2,08071 in 25,007
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Esa
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 419 spots since 2024 (#2,958 → #2,539)
  • 150 spots since 2020 (#2,689 → #2,539)
  • 2,006 spots since 2015 (#4,545 → #2,539)
Rise & fade · boys
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1989
  • Peaked 2025 at #2,539 (52 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 32,848
  • Highest: 1 in 32,848 boys born in 2025 were named Esa (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 41.4% of all boys named Esa (273) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1989
  • Mostly girls until 1988, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s7#6,229 (1989)#6,229
1990s20#6,407 (1995)#7,374
2000s87#6,262 (2007)#7,403
2010s272#2,993 (2019)#4,075
2020s273#2,539 (2025)#2,804

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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