Esaul
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- eh-sah-OOL
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Esaul is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
Where does Esaul come from?
Hebrew: variant of Esau or Saul
Is Esaul a girl's or a boy's name?
Esaul is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Esaul in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Esaul, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2001, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.
2025 had more boys named Esaul than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Esaul in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Esaul in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
Names like Esaul
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Samuel Uziel Ibrahim Ezra Azael Ismail Elijah Azriel Ezequiel Abdiel Josiah Alijah
Names related to Esaul
More Hebrew names
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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, “Esaul: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/esaul, updated 20 October 2026.