Esai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- eh-SY
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #1,585 for boys
Esai is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is salvation”. In 2025 it ranked 1,585th for boys in the US (107 babies).
What does Esai mean?
Hebrew: short Spanish form of Esaías (Isaiah)
“God is salvation”
Isaiah is one of the major prophets of the Hebrew Bible.
Is Esai a girl's or a boy's name?
Esai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 107 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Esai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,585th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 107 about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 107 boys in the US were named Esai, making it the 1,585th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,849th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 119 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the boys named Esai in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Esai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 107 | #1,585 |
| 2024 | 119 | #1,503 |
| 2023 | 105 | #1,640 |
| 2022 | 87 | #1,839 |
| 2021 | 67 | #2,133 |
| 2020 | 80 | #1,849 |
| 2019 | 73 | #2,000 |
| 2018 | 59 | #2,281 |
| 2017 | 58 | #2,269 |
| 2016 | 49 | #2,550 |
| 2015 | 63 | #2,169 |
| 2014 | 63 | #2,152 |
| 2013 | 70 | #1,963 |
| 2012 | 70 | #2,002 |
| 2011 | 75 | #1,865 |
| 2010 | 63 | #2,117 |
| 2009 | 69 | #2,009 |
| 2008 | 75 | #1,916 |
| 2007 | 69 | #2,016 |
| 2006 | 65 | #2,036 |
| 2005 | 95 | #1,505 |
| 2004 | 78 | #1,650 |
| 2003 | 104 | #1,323 |
| 2002 | 108 | #1,255 |
| 2001 | 50 | #2,082 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,011 |
| 1999 | 62 | #1,689 |
| 1998 | 60 | #1,697 |
| 1997 | 62 | #1,625 |
| 1996 | 72 | #1,432 |
| 1995 | 78 | #1,322 |
| 1994 | 22 | #3,103 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,331 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,946 |
| 1989 | 34 | #2,062 |
| 1988 | 33 | #1,944 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
Names like Esai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Zamir, Hamza, Abdiel, Ibrahim, Zakai, Salem, Jamir, Zahir, Nasir, Yahir, Amir
Names related to Esai
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from 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, “Esai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/esai, updated 20 October 2026.