Girls' name · since 1998
Esabella
Esabella has 730 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,277 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,016 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 730
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Esabella is the #7016 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 730 recorded since 1998.
Esabella has 730 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7016 as of the latest data, more common than 59% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #9,277 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,016 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 730 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Esabella ranks #9,277 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,016 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 730 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,277 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,016 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 730
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Esabella's 730 recorded births place it above 87.17% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Esabella compares
730 Top 38% higher than 62% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Esabella's all-time total is 94% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Esabella | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 730 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 45 | 21 | 19,840 |
Esabella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Esabella splits its recorded history at 2012: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1998 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 45 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Esabella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 45
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Esabella by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (357 births, 49% of the file).
2010s was Esabella's strongest decade.
357 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Esabella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 16
1990s
16 births
- 2000s
2000s
236 births
- 2010s
2010s
357 births
- 2020s 121
2020s
121 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 357 births (49% of all-time use).
How Esabella compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Esabella's total volume
Esabella by state
Where Esabella concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 77 | 10.5% |
| #2 | California | | 44 | 6.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 10 | 1.4% |
| #4 | New York | | 6 | 0.8% |
77 of 730 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Esabella's data
- Esabella's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (357 total births) through the 2020s (121) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Esabellas (77 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Esabella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~27 yrs)
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, 1998–2025 (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 Esabella 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.