Girls' name · since 1982
Esra
661 babies named Esra in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,896 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,671 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 661
- born since 1982
- 2020s
- peak decade
Esra currently ranks #2671 among girls' names in America, with 661 babies recorded since 1982.
Social Security Administration records show Esra recorded 661 times among girls since 1982, holding rank #2671 nationally today, ahead of 85% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2025.
- #9,896 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,671 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 661 born since 1982
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Esra ranks #9,896 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,671 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 661 born since 1982, peaking in the 2020s.
- #9,896 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,671 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 661
- born since 1982
- 2020s
- peak decade
Esra's 661 recorded births place it above 86.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Esra compares
661 Top 40% higher than 60% 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
Esra's all-time total is 76% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Esra | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 661 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 65 | 21 | 19,840 |
Esra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Esra's full recorded timeline at 2005, 75% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 25% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1982, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 65 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Esra popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 65
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Esra popularity over time - boys
26 total births recorded since 2020 (Esra as boys' name)
Esra by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (273 births, 41% of the file).
2020s was Esra's strongest decade.
273 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Esra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 36
1980s
36 births
- 1990s 81
1990s
81 births
- 2000s 92
2000s
92 births
- 2010s
2010s
179 births
- 2020s
2020s
273 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 273 births (41% of all-time use).
How Esra compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Esra's total volume
Esra by state
Where Esra concentrates geographically, total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 38 | 5.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 25 | 3.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 10 | 1.5% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 0.9% |
38 of 661 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Esra's data
- California records the most Esras (38 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 Esra: 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 (~43 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, 1982–2025 (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 Esra 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.