Esau
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,180 for boys
Esau is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,180th for boys in the US (37 babies).
What does Esau mean?
Hebrew
A male given name from Hebrew.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Esau a girl's or a boy's name?
Esau is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 37 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Esau in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,180th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 37 about 1 in 46,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 37 boys in the US were named Esau, making it the 3,180th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,024th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 82 boys.
Half of all the boys named Esau in the US since 1880 were born between 1954 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Esau in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #3,180 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,044 |
| 2023 | 33 | #3,472 |
| 2022 | 44 | #2,871 |
| 2021 | 35 | #3,295 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,024 |
| 2019 | 33 | #3,423 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,104 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 48 | #2,586 |
| 2015 | 39 | #2,965 |
| 2014 | 41 | #2,845 |
| 2013 | 35 | #3,120 |
| 2012 | 47 | #2,593 |
| 2011 | 47 | #2,589 |
| 2010 | 57 | #2,261 |
| 2009 | 59 | #2,230 |
| 2008 | 72 | #1,968 |
| 2007 | 82 | #1,781 |
| 2006 | 73 | #1,855 |
| 2005 | 63 | #1,979 |
| 2004 | 63 | #1,930 |
| 2003 | 55 | #2,051 |
| 2002 | 46 | #2,245 |
| 2001 | 58 | #1,889 |
| 2000 | 73 | #1,605 |
| 1999 | 38 | #2,344 |
| 1998 | 39 | #2,271 |
| 1997 | 39 | #2,198 |
| 1996 | 40 | #2,110 |
| 1995 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,002 |
| 1992 | 37 | #2,080 |
| 1991 | 35 | #2,089 |
| 1990 | 44 | #1,775 |
| 1989 | 39 | #1,886 |
| 1988 | 31 | #2,030 |
| 1987 | 22 | #2,464 |
| 1986 | 20 | #2,598 |
| 1985 | 22 | #2,356 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,492 |
| 1982 | 25 | #2,110 |
| 1981 | 28 | #1,941 |
| 1980 | 27 | #2,003 |
| 1979 | 24 | #2,104 |
| 1978 | 17 | #2,567 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,555 |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,825 |
| 1975 | 15 | #2,635 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,214 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 13 | #2,620 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 12 | #2,351 |
| 1966 | 15 | #2,042 |
| 1965 | 12 | #2,364 |
| 1964 | 13 | #2,309 |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,538 |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,502 |
| 1961 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 13 | #2,294 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,263 |
| 1957 | 22 | #1,714 |
| 1956 | 15 | #2,090 |
| 1955 | 13 | #2,218 |
| 1954 | 14 | #2,113 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,037 |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,512 |
| 1951 | 19 | #1,724 |
| 1950 | 21 | #1,614 |
| 1949 | 19 | #1,701 |
| 1948 | 16 | #1,880 |
| 1947 | 18 | #1,785 |
| 1946 | 16 | #1,812 |
| 1945 | 14 | #1,851 |
| 1944 | 15 | #1,809 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,276 |
| 1942 | 19 | #1,629 |
| 1941 | 18 | #1,633 |
| 1940 | 14 | #1,894 |
| 1939 | 22 | #1,425 |
| 1938 | 13 | #1,976 |
| 1937 | 14 | #1,913 |
| 1936 | 14 | #1,872 |
| 1935 | 18 | #1,656 |
| 1934 | 22 | #1,461 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,093 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,443 |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 18 | #1,822 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 19 | #1,787 |
| 1925 | 22 | #1,628 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 18 | #1,873 |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,765 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,058 |
| 1920 | 17 | #1,965 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,151 |
| 1918 | 17 | #1,904 |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,692 |
| 1916 | 24 | #1,415 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,069 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,686 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,496 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,155 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 7 | #932 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,049 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 6 | #941 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 6 | #953 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,034 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 6 | #884 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #971 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
Names like Esau
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ezra, Eli, Elijah, Isaac, Elias, Noah, Jacob, Levi, Samuel, Ethan, Simon, Ezekiel
Names related to Esau
More Hebrew names
Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Daniel, Mateo, Elsie, Eliana, Joseph, Adam, Michael, David, Delilah
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, “Esau: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/esau, updated 20 October 2026.