Esly — #9781 US girls' name
398 babies named Esly in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 45% of names given to girls today.
39% of everyone ever named Esly was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Esly in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Esly
The Social Security Administration has registered 398 babies named Esly between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Esly currently holds the #9781 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Esly performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 157 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Esly shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 53 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Esly in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Esly 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 398 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.
Esly at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Esly popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1989
- Peak year (2004)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
Currently ranks #9781 among girls.
398 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 23 births in a single year.
Esly popularity over time — boys
19 total births recorded since 1992 (Esly as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Esly accounts for 5% of total recorded use across both genders.
Esly by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 157 births that decade — 39% of Esly's all-time total
Esly decade highlights
- Peak decade 157 births
- Runner-up 82 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Esly's strongest decade
157 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Esly by state
Where Esly concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 53 | 13.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 31 | 7.8% |
53 of 398 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 13.3% of nationwide
- Texas 7.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 13.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1989–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.