Unisex name · since 1990
Esli
Esli has 469 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,329 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,223 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 469
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Esli is the #4223 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 469 recorded since 1990.
Esli has 469 recorded births among girls since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4223 as of the latest data, more common than 76% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #12,329 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,223 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 469 born since 1990
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Esli ranks #12,329 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,223 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 469 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,329 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,223 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 469
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Esli's 469 recorded births place it above 82.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Esli compares
469 Top 46% higher than 54% 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
Esli's all-time total is 25% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Esli | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 469 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 34 | 21 | 19,840 |
Esli's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Esli's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1991, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 34, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Esli popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Esli popularity over time - boys
150 total births recorded since 1987 (Esli as boys' name)
Esli by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (173 births, 37% of the file).
2000s was Esli's strongest decade.
173 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Esli births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
100 births
- 2000s
2000s
173 births
- 2010s
2010s
110 births
- 2020s
2020s
86 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 173 births (37% of all-time use).
Esli by state
Where Esli concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 85 | 18.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 40 | 8.5% |
85 of 469 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Esli's data
- Esli's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (173 total births) through the 2020s (86) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Eslis (85 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 Esli: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Esli 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.