Boys' name · since 2003
Esaiah
Esaiah has 164 recorded births since 2003 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,165 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,044 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 164
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Esaiah currently ranks #6044 among boys' names in America, with 164 babies recorded since 2003.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Esaiah has been recorded 164 times among boys since 2003, currently ranked #6044 nationally and more common than 57% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- #14,165 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,044 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 164 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Esaiah ranks #14,165 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,044 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 164 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,165 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,044 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 164
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Esaiah's 164 recorded births place it above 68.8% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Esaiah compares
164 34th percentile among 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
Esaiah's all-time total is 56% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Esaiah | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 164 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Esaiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Esaiah's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2007, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Esaiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Esaiah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (65 births, 40% of the file).
2010s was Esaiah's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Esaiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
40 births
- 2010s
2010s
65 births
- 2020s
2020s
59 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 65 births (40% of all-time use).
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What to do with Esaiah's data
- Esaiah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (65 total births) through the 2020s (59) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Esaiah: 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, 2003–2025 (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 Esaiah 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.