girl's name
Esra
- Gender Girl
- Letters 4
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 3,460
France
#484
2025 births
Esra is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 65 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in France in 2025, when 100 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 5,895 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1980.
Esra over time
Births per decade in France, 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 | 80 |
| 1990s | 575 |
| 2000s | 550 |
| 2010s | 485 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 440 |
How popular is Esra?
In 2025, Esra was given to 100 babies in France, ranking #484 that year. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Esra is used
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Esra
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Esra also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Esra over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Esra 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.
- Other forms
- Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
- Esdras
Sibling names for Esra
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Esra — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Esra
How popular is the name Esra?
In 2025, Esra was given to 100 babies in France, ranking #484 that year. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Is Esra a girl's or a boy's name?
Esra is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Esra most popular?
Esra peaked in 2025, when 100 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Esra a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Esra currently ranks #484 in France. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.