Esley — boys' name

What the Data Says About Esley

The Social Security Administration has registered 268 babies named Esley between 1894 and 2015, spanning 122 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Esley currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 14 babies received it in a single year. Esley is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 52 additional births since 2009.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Esley performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 93 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Esley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Esley 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 268 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.