boys:
357 births since 1995
#4229 (8th percentile)
overall:
357 births since 1995
#7382 (5th percentile)
The name Esiah is the #7,382 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 357 recorded births since 1995. This represents the 4.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,229 (7.7% percentile) for all time with 357 births since 1995.
Esiah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1995 (first recorded for boys in 1995). Birth data for Esiah is available in 24 out of the 29 years between 1995 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 boys, Esiah reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 2.9% percentile (ranked #903) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 17 births per million (ranked 2.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2004, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Esiah ranks #895 for boys (1.8% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 67.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Esiah".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Esiah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 37.8% confident that Esiah is pronounced as eh-SAI-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ee-ZAI-uh, at 18.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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