girls:
1.9k births since 1975
#3923 (31st percentile)
overall:
1.9k births since 1975
#5889 (24th percentile)
The name Esha is the #5,889 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,871 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 23.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 23.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,923 (31.4% percentile) for all time with 1,871 births since 1975.
Esha first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (first recorded for girls in 1975). Birth data for Esha is available in 45 out of the 49 years between 1975 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Esha reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 20.0% percentile (ranked #715) with 93 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 93 births per million (ranked 20.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2005, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Esha ranks #913 for girls (3.6% percentile) with 22 births per million, which is 23.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Esha".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Esha. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 57.9% confident that Esha is pronounced as EE-shuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EH-shuh, at 42.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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