Esley
- #13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births
- Last seen for boys in 2015 at #12,086
- Given to boys 82.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1894 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 268since 1894
Esley over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 | — | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | — | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | — | |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | — | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | — | |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | — | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | — | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | #12,086 | 5 |
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| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | — | |
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| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
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| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
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| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
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| 1954 | — | #3,176 | 7 | |
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| 1951 | — | #3,066 | 7 | |
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| 1948 | — | #3,010 | 7 | |
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | #3,173 | 6 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,996 | 6 | |
| 1944 | — | #3,430 | 5 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,732 | 8 | |
| 1942 | — | #3,560 | 5 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | #3,480 | 5 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,646 | 8 | |
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| 1933 | — | #2,738 | 8 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,849 | 8 | |
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| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | #2,162 | 14 | |
| 1927 | — | #4,210 | 5 | |
| 1926 | — | #4,201 | 5 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,155 | 8 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,023 | 9 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,224 | 14 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,347 | 13 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,376 | 13 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,459 | 12 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,699 | 10 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,423 | 11 | |
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| 1915 | — | #3,082 | 7 | |
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| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
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| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
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| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
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| 1894 | — | #954 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1894
The first year at least five boys were named Esley! It came in at #954, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1895–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Esley is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Esley in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Esley
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1894
- Peaked 1894 at #954 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1895, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1894
Share of babies · boys
1 in 19,295
- Highest: 1 in 19,295 boys born in 1894 were named Esley (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 383,349 boys born in 2015 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 34.7% of all boys named Esley (93) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2009
- Mostly boys until 2008, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 11 | #954 (1894) | #1,006 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,440 (1909) | #1,440 |
| 1910s | 45 | #2,045 (1912) | #2,583 |
| 1920s | 93 | #2,162 (1928) | #2,906 |
| 1930s | 34 | #2,646 (1938) | #3,143 |
| 1940s | 43 | #2,732 (1943) | #3,148 |
| 1950s | 14 | #3,066 (1951) | #3,121 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 13 | #4,309 (1975) | #4,832 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,315 (1984) | #6,315 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 5 | #12,086 (2015) | #12,086 |
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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