girls:
94 births since 1967
#5622 (2nd percentile)
boys:
564 births since 1989
#4022 (12th percentile)
overall:
658 births since 1967
#7081 (8th percentile)
The name Esa is the #7,081 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 658 recorded births since 1967. This represents the 8.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,022 (12.2% percentile) for all time with 564 births since 1989. For girls, it ranks #5,622 (1.6% percentile) for all time with 94 births since 1967.
Esa first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1967 (1967 for girls and 1989 for boys). Birth data for Esa is available in 31 out of the 57 years between 1967 and 2023 (27 years for boys and 15 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Esa has been given predominantly to boys, with 85.7% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 87.9% of babies named Esa were boys. Interestingly, until around 1989, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1967 to 1988), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (88.8% boys from 1989 to 2023).
For boys, Esa reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 5.1% percentile (ranked #865) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 28 births per million (ranked 5.1% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Esa is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #865 (5.1% percentile) with 28 births per million.
For girls, Esa reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #933) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1974, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Esa ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 89.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Esa".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Esa. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 52.5% confident that Esa is pronounced as EE-suh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EH-suh, at 40.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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