Esa
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EE-sa
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #463 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,539 for boys
Esa is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is salvation”. In 2025 it ranked 463rd for boys in the UK (96 babies) and 2,539th for boys in the US (52 babies).
What does Esa mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Isa, the Arabic form of Jesus
“God is salvation”
Spelling of Isa, the name of Jesus in the Quran, where he is honoured as a prophet; in Finland Esa is a form of Isaiah.
Is Esa a girl's or a boy's name?
Esa is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 96 boys in the UK and 7 girls and 52 boys in the US.
How popular is Esa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #463among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 96about 1 in 3,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 96 boys in the UK were named Esa, making it the 463rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 655th.
2025 had the most boys named Esa of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Esa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 822 boys in the UK were given Esa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #78, up from #463 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 438th in England and Wales and 441st in Scotland.
Esa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 96 | #463 |
| 2024 | 71 | #597 |
| 2023 | 61 | #650 |
| 2022 | 65 | #630 |
| 2021 | 54 | #729 |
| 2020 | 59 | #655 |
| 2019 | 58 | #668 |
| 2018 | 64 | #627 |
| 2017 | 55 | #704 |
| 2016 | 70 | #594 |
| 2015 | 65 | #615 |
| 2014 | 63 | #626 |
| 2013 | 44 | #797 |
| 2012 | 67 | #594 |
| 2011 | 62 | #617 |
| 2010 | 58 | #632 |
| 2009 | 40 | #797 |
| 2008 | 34 | #885 |
| 2007 | 26 | #1,031 |
| 2006 | 29 | #914 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,133 |
| 2004 | 27 | #864 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,272 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,312 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
How popular is Esa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,539among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 52about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 52 boys in the US were named Esa, making it the 2,539th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,688th. It first appears in the records in 1989. 7 girls were also named Esa in 2025 (11,928th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Esa of any year since it first appeared, in 1989.
Half of all the boys named Esa in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 560 boys in the US were given Esa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #532, up from #2,539 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 12% of the babies named Esa in the US were girls.
Esa in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52 | #2,539 |
| 2024 | 42 | #2,957 |
| 2023 | 51 | #2,574 |
| 2022 | 34 | #3,410 |
| 2021 | 48 | #2,651 |
| 2020 | 46 | #2,688 |
| 2019 | 40 | #2,991 |
| 2018 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2017 | 33 | #3,376 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,110 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 29 | #3,615 |
| 2013 | 28 | #3,659 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
Names like Esa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca Musa Ezra Zakariya Thiago Hamza Yahya Rio Ibrahim Lorcan Zayan Mustafa
Other spellings of Esa
Names related to Esa
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Esa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/esa, updated 20 October 2026.