Boys' name · since 2013

Esey

25 babies named Esey in U.S. Social Security records since 2013, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#27,206 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#10,407 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
25
born since 2013
2010s
peak decade

Yes -- Esey is the #10407 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 25 recorded since 2013.

Social Security Administration records show Esey recorded 25 times among boys since 2013, holding rank #10407 nationally today, ahead of 25% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2025.

  • #27,206 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #10,407 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 25 born since 2013
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Esey ranks #27,206 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,407 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 25 born since 2013, peaking in the 2010s.

#27,206 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#10,407 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
25
born since 2013
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%25.2%
Esey vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Esey's 25 recorded births place it above 39.7% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Esey compares

25 10th 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

Esey's all-time total is 93% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Esey Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 25 369 358,536
Peak-year births 7 34 22,252

Esey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Esey's full recorded timeline at 2019, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2013, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Esey popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2015)
7
Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 2013201520192025 7

Esey by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (18 births, 72% of the file).

2010s was Esey's strongest decade.

18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.

Esey births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 18 births (72% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Esey?
25 babies have been named Esey since 2013. All-time, it sits at #27,206 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #10,407 of 13,930 among boys. The peak year was 2015 with 7 births.
Where does Esey sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Esey ranks #27,206 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,407 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Esey most popular?
Esey was most popular in the 2010s decade with 18 total births. The single peak year was 2015.
How long has the name Esey been used?
Esey has been recorded in Social Security data since 2013, spanning 13 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Esey?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Esequiel, Esean, Esekiel. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Esey's data

  • Esey's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (18 total births) through the 2020s (7) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Esey

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Esey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2013–2025 (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 Esey 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.