Girls' name · since 1975
Esha
1,926 babies named Esha in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,813 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,908 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,926
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Esha is the #4908 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,926 recorded since 1975.
Social Security Administration records show Esha recorded 1,926 times among girls since 1975, holding rank #4908 nationally today, ahead of 72% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #4,813 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,908 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,926 born since 1975
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Esha ranks #4,813 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,908 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,926 born since 1975, peaking in the 2000s.
- #4,813 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,908 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,926
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
Esha's 1,926 recorded births place it above 93.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
13 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Esha compares
1,926 Top 23% higher than 77% 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
Esha's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Esha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,926 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 184 | 21 | 19,840 |
Esha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Esha splits its recorded history at 2002: 78% of all births land in the more recent half, 22% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2002 peak of 184 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Esha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 184
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Esha by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (934 births, 48% of the file).
2000s was Esha's strongest decade.
934 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Esha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 28
1970s
28 births
- 1980s 75
1980s
75 births
- 1990s 186
1990s
186 births
- 2000s
2000s
934 births
- 2010s
2010s
535 births
- 2020s 168
2020s
168 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 934 births (48% of all-time use).
How Esha 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 Esha's total volume
Esha by state
Where Esha concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 288 | 15.0% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 126 | 6.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 120 | 6.2% |
| #4 | Texas | | 120 | 6.2% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 67 | 3.5% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 31 | 1.6% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 29 | 1.5% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 27 | 1.4% |
288 of 1,926 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Esha appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Esha's data
- Esha's decade-level peak was the 2000s (934 total births); usage has since declined to 168 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Eshas (288 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Esha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1975–2025 (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 Esha 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.