Esau — #3040 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Esau

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,939 babies named Esau between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Esau currently holds the #3040 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 82 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Esau performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 644 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Esau shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 479 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Esau in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Esau in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,939 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.