Esau
- #3,181 for boys in 2025, 37 births
- Peak · boys
- 1890 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,976since 1880
Esau over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Esau has never cracked the top 800 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,181 | 37 |
| 2024 | #3,045 | 40 |
| 2023 | #3,474 | 33 |
| 2022 | #2,873 | 44 |
| 2021 | #3,297 | 35 |
| 2020 | #3,025 | 38 |
| 2019 | #3,426 | 33 |
| 2018 | #3,106 | 37 |
| 2017 | #4,105 | 25 |
| 2016 | #2,587 | 48 |
| 2015 | #2,966 | 39 |
| 2014 | #2,847 | 41 |
| 2013 | #3,122 | 35 |
| 2012 | #2,594 | 47 |
| 2011 | #2,590 | 47 |
| 2010 | #2,262 | 57 |
| 2009 | #2,231 | 59 |
| 2008 | #1,969 | 72 |
| 2007 | #1,781 | 82 |
| 2006 | #1,856 | 73 |
| 2005 | #1,983 | 63 |
| 2004 | #1,934 | 63 |
| 2003 | #2,055 | 55 |
| 2002 | #2,249 | 46 |
| 2001 | #1,893 | 58 |
| 2000 | #1,609 | 73 |
| 1999 | #2,347 | 38 |
| 1998 | #2,274 | 39 |
| 1997 | #2,201 | 39 |
| 1996 | #2,115 | 40 |
| 1995 | #2,444 | 31 |
| 1994 | #2,847 | 25 |
| 1993 | #2,007 | 40 |
| 1992 | #2,085 | 37 |
| 1991 | #2,095 | 35 |
| 1990 | #1,780 | 44 |
| 1989 | #1,891 | 39 |
| 1988 | #2,035 | 31 |
| 1987 | #2,468 | 22 |
| 1986 | #2,601 | 20 |
| 1985 | #2,357 | 22 |
| 1984 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #2,493 | 19 |
| 1982 | #2,111 | 25 |
| 1981 | #1,942 | 28 |
| 1980 | #2,003 | 27 |
| 1979 | #2,104 | 24 |
| 1978 | #2,568 | 17 |
| 1977 | #2,556 | 17 |
| 1976 | #2,826 | 14 |
| 1975 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1974 | #2,799 | 13 |
| 1973 | #2,216 | 18 |
| 1972 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #2,621 | 13 |
| 1969 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #2,352 | 12 |
| 1966 | #2,043 | 15 |
| 1965 | #2,366 | 12 |
| 1964 | #2,310 | 13 |
| 1963 | #2,539 | 11 |
| 1962 | #2,504 | 11 |
| 1961 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1960 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1958 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1957 | #1,715 | 22 |
| 1956 | #2,091 | 15 |
| 1955 | #2,219 | 13 |
| 1954 | #2,114 | 14 |
| 1953 | #2,038 | 15 |
| 1952 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #1,725 | 19 |
| 1950 | #1,615 | 21 |
| 1949 | #1,702 | 19 |
| 1948 | #1,881 | 16 |
| 1947 | #1,786 | 18 |
| 1946 | #1,813 | 16 |
| 1945 | #1,852 | 14 |
| 1944 | #1,810 | 15 |
| 1943 | #2,277 | 11 |
| 1942 | #1,629 | 19 |
| 1941 | #1,633 | 18 |
| 1940 | #1,894 | 14 |
| 1939 | #1,425 | 22 |
| 1938 | #1,976 | 13 |
| 1937 | #1,913 | 14 |
| 1936 | #1,872 | 14 |
| 1935 | #1,656 | 18 |
| 1934 | #1,461 | 22 |
| 1933 | #2,093 | 12 |
| 1932 | #1,651 | 19 |
| 1931 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #2,444 | 11 |
| 1929 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | #1,822 | 18 |
| 1927 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #1,787 | 19 |
| 1925 | #1,628 | 22 |
| 1924 | #2,641 | 11 |
| 1923 | #1,874 | 18 |
| 1922 | #1,765 | 20 |
| 1921 | #2,059 | 16 |
| 1920 | #1,966 | 17 |
| 1919 | #2,152 | 14 |
| 1918 | #1,905 | 17 |
| 1917 | #1,693 | 19 |
| 1916 | #1,415 | 24 |
| 1915 | #2,070 | 13 |
| 1914 | #1,687 | 14 |
| 1913 | #1,497 | 13 |
| 1912 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #933 | 7 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #942 | 6 |
| 1896 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #954 | 6 |
| 1893 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #884 | 6 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #909 | 5 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Esau was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1889, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Esau is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| Texas | #1,760 | 9 | 1 in 19,450 |
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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 Esau
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 156 spots since 2020 (#3,025 → #3,181)
- Biggest jump: 159 spots in 1897
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1890 at #884 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · 1880–1902
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,523
- Highest: 1 in 17,523 boys born in 1902 were named Esau (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 46,164 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #884 in 1890, was only 1 in 18,504 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 21.6% of all boys named Esau (644) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #909 (1880) | #940 |
| 1890s | 28 | #884 (1890) | #983 |
| 1900s | 34 | #933 (1902) | #1,090 |
| 1910s | 127 | #1,415 (1916) | #1,778 |
| 1920s | 156 | #1,628 (1925) | #2,197 |
| 1930s | 150 | #1,425 (1939) | #2,025 |
| 1940s | 160 | #1,629 (1942) | #1,828 |
| 1950s | 155 | #1,615 (1950) | #2,059 |
| 1960s | 114 | #2,043 (1966) | #2,518 |
| 1970s | 149 | #2,104 (1979) | #2,714 |
| 1980s | 245 | #1,891 (1989) | #2,336 |
| 1990s | 368 | #1,780 (1990) | #2,220 |
| 2000s | 644 | #1,609 (2000) | #1,956 |
| 2010s | 409 | #2,262 (2010) | #2,961 |
| 2020s | 227 | #2,873 (2022) | #3,149 |
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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