Esper — boys' name

What the Data Says About Esper

The Social Security Administration has registered 40 babies named Esper between 1914 and 2019, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Esper currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Esper is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 16 additional births since 1912.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Esper performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Esper shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Esper 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 40 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.