Boys' name · since 1995
Esiah
422 babies named Esiah in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,745 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,554 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 422
- born since 1995
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Esiah is the #3554 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 422 recorded since 1995.
Esiah has 422 recorded births among boys since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3554 as of the latest data, more common than 74% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #8,745 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,554 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 422 born since 1995
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Esiah ranks #8,745 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,554 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 422 born since 1995, peaking in the 2020s.
- #8,745 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,554 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 422
- born since 1995
- 2020s
- peak decade
Esiah's 422 recorded births place it above 80.75% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Esiah compares
422 Top 48% higher than 52% of 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
Esiah's all-time total is 14% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Esiah | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 422 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 32 | 34 | 22,252 |
Esiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Esiah's full recorded timeline at 2013, 73% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 27% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1995, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 32 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Esiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Esiah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (175 births, 41% of the file).
2020s was Esiah's strongest decade.
175 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Esiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
75 births
- 2010s
2010s
162 births
- 2020s
2020s
175 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 175 births (41% of all-time use).
Esiah by state
Where Esiah concentrates geographically, total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 31 | 7.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 23 | 5.5% |
31 of 422 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- California records the most Esiahs (31 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Esiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1995–2025 (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 Esiah 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.