boy's name

Esa

  • Origin Hebrew
  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 3
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 2,166

England and Wales

#439

2025 births

Esa is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 59 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Esa is a name of Hebrew origin.
  • Peaked in England and Wales in 2025, when 89 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade in England and Wales.
  • Today about 1 in 5,921 babies in England and Wales is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1997.

Esa over time

Births per decade in England and Wales, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

593
'90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Esa by decade in England and Wales
Decade Births
1990s 18
2000s 210
2010s 593
2020s (to 2025) 388

How popular is Esa?

In 2025, Esa was given to 89 babies in England and Wales, ranking #439 that year. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Esa is used

England & Wales #439 89 in 2025
Scotland #834 3 in 2024
Ireland #984 3 in 2025
Canada #1,261 19 in 2024
United States #2,564 59 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

Figures for England and Wales withhold any name given to fewer than three babies in a year, so a gap means the name fell below that floor rather than went unused. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Esa

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Esa also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Esa over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Esa in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Amis
Asa
Dutch
Isa
Finnish
Esaias
Japanese
Asa
Swedish
Esaias
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Isaiah Yeshayahu

Sibling names for Esa

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Esa — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Esa

How popular is the name Esa?

In 2025, Esa was given to 89 babies in England and Wales, ranking #439 that year. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Esa a girl's or a boy's name?

Esa is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Esa most popular?

Esa peaked in 2025, when 89 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Esa a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Esa currently ranks #439 in England and Wales. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.