girls:
55 births since 2003
#5661 (1st percentile)
boys:
60 births since 1915
#4526 (1st percentile)
overall:
115 births since 1915
#7624 (1st percentile)
The name Eslie is the #7,624 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 115 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 1.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,526 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 60 births since 1915. For girls, it ranks #5,661 (0.9% percentile) for all time with 55 births since 2003.
Eslie first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for boys and 2003 for girls). Birth data for Eslie is available in 19 out of the 106 years between 1915 and 2020 (10 years for boys and 9 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 Eslie is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2020, 100.0% of babies named Eslie were girls. Interestingly, until around 2003, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1915 to 2002), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 2003 to 2020).
For boys, Eslie reached its peak popularity in 1919, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #530) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1919, with 10 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1947.
For girls, Eslie reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #929) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2020.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Eslie".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Eslie. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 55.6% confident that Eslie is pronounced as EHZ-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EH-slee, at 44.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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