Boys' name · since 1977
Esam
58 babies named Esam in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,107 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 58
- born since 1977
- 2010s
- peak decade
Esam sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 58 recorded since 1977.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Esam has been recorded 58 times among boys since 1977, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, 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 1977 to 2015.
- #21,107 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 58 born since 1977
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Esam ranks #21,107 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 58 born since 1977, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,107 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 58
- born since 1977
- 2010s
- peak decade
Esam's 58 recorded births place it above 53.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Esam's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Esam splits its recorded history at 2011: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1977 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Esam popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2015
- Peak year (2013)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Esam by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (34 births, 59% of the file).
2010s was Esam's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Esam births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
- 2010s
2010s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 34 births (59% of all-time use).
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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, 1977–2015 (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 Esam 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.