boy's name
Esai
- Gender Boy
- Letters 4
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 2,508
Esai is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 107 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in 2024, when 119 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 30,985 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1987.
Esai over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 81 |
| 1990s | 426 |
| 2000s | 763 |
| 2010s | 643 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 565 |
How popular is Esai?
In 2025, Esai was given to 107 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Esai is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
How Esai is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Esaï | Esaï is a rare spelling of Esai, written with a diaeresis and recorded about 10 times, mostly in France. | 10 |
Names that peaked alongside Esai
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Esai also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Esai over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Esai
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Esai — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Esai
How popular is the name Esai?
In 2025, Esai was given to 107 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Is Esai a girl's or a boy's name?
Esai is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
When was Esai most popular?
Esai peaked in 2024, when 119 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Esai a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Esai currently ranks #1,598 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.