boy's name
Esdras
- Gender Boy
- Letters 6
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 1,926
Esdras is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 75 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in 2023, when 80 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 44,205 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1972.
Esdras over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1970s 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 |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 17 |
| 1980s | 79 |
| 1990s | 211 |
| 2000s | 372 |
| 2010s | 509 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 434 |
How popular is Esdras?
In 2025, Esdras was given to 75 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Esdras 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.
Names that peaked alongside Esdras
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Esdras also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Esdras over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Esdras
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Esdras — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Esdras
How popular is the name Esdras?
In 2025, Esdras was given to 75 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Is Esdras a girl's or a boy's name?
Esdras is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
When was Esdras most popular?
Esdras peaked in 2023, when 80 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Esdras a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Esdras currently ranks #1,590 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.