Unisex name · since 1989
Esa
Since 1989, U.S. Social Security records show 659 babies named Esa, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #6,692 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,559 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 659
- born since 1989
- 2020s
- peak decade
Esa currently ranks #2559 among unisex names in America, with 659 babies recorded since 1989.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Esa has been recorded 659 times among boys since 1989, currently ranked #2559 nationally and more common than 82% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #6,692 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,559 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 659 born since 1989
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Esa ranks #6,692 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,559 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 659 born since 1989, peaking in the 2020s.
- #6,692 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,559 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 659
- born since 1989
- 2020s
- peak decade
Esa's 659 recorded births place it above 85.27% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Esa compares
659 Top 39% higher than 61% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Esa's all-time total is 79% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Esa | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 659 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 52 | 34 | 22,252 |
Esa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Esa splits its recorded history at 2011: 80% of all births land in the more recent half, 20% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1992 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 52 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Esa popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 52
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Esa popularity over time - girls
109 total births recorded since 1967 (Esa as girls' name)
Esa by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (273 births, 41% of the file).
2020s was Esa's strongest decade.
273 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Esa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s 20
1990s
20 births
- 2000s 87
2000s
87 births
- 2010s
2010s
272 births
- 2020s
2020s
273 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 273 births (41% of all-time use).
How Esa compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Esa's total volume
Esa by state
Where Esa concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 44 | 6.7% |
| #2 | New York | | 41 | 6.2% |
| #3 | California | | 39 | 5.9% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 10 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Maryland | | 6 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 6 | 0.9% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.8% |
44 of 659 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Esas (44 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Esa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1989–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Esa draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.