girls:
425 births since 1990
#5291 (7th percentile)
boys:
144 births since 1987
#4442 (3rd percentile)
overall:
569 births since 1987
#7170 (7th percentile)
The name Esli is the #7,170 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 569 recorded births since 1987. This represents the 7.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,291 (7.4% percentile) for all time with 425 births since 1990. For boys, it ranks #4,442 (3.1% percentile) for all time with 144 births since 1987.
Esli first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1987 (1987 for boys and 1990 for girls). Birth data for Esli is available in 35 out of the 37 years between 1987 and 2023 (34 years for girls and 19 years for boys). 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 Esli has been given predominantly to girls, with 74.7% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 31.3% of babies named Esli were girls. Interestingly, until around 1990, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1987 to 1989), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (75.4% girls from 1990 to 2023).
For girls, Esli reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #876) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Esli ranks #942 for girls (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 43.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Esli reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.9% percentile (ranked #894) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 12 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). Despite a peak around 2017, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Esli is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #894 (1.9% percentile) with 12 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Esli".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Esli. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 55.3% confident that Esli is pronounced as EH-slee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EHZ-lee, at 44.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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