Esa Boy
How popular is Esa?
#2,539 boy name in 2025
52 baby boys were named Esa in the US in 2025, making it the 2539th most popular boy name. Another 7 girls got the name (#11,928 for girls).
Esa popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,539 for boys (▲ 418 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 52 boys, 7 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+148% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,543 in 2015, #2,688 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (52 boys) |
| Highest rank | #2,539 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1989 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 87% boys, 13% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Esa counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Esai family of names ranked #750 for boys in 2025 (#819 the year before), with 312 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Esa is most popular
Babies named Esa per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (26 boys)
- Maryland: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (26 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 boys)
Esa by decade
Boy names about as popular as Esa
Questions
- Is Esa a boy or girl name?
- Esa is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 87% of babies named Esa were boys.
- How popular is the name Esa?
- 52 baby boys were named Esa in the US in 2025, making it the 2539th most popular boy name. Another 7 girls got the name (#11,928 for girls).
- When was Esa most popular?
- Esa peaked in 2025, when 52 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,539 in 2025.
- How many people are named Esa?
- 768 babies have been named Esa in the US since 1880. We estimate about 761 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Esa most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Esa was most common in New York, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.