Esben
Boy · ESS-ben · Old Norse
Esben is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “god bear”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Esben mean?
Old Norse: Danish form of Asbjorn, as 'god' + bjorn 'bear'
“god bear”
The Danish form of Old Norse Asbjorn, also the source of Osborne.
- Say it
- ESS-ben
Is Esben a girl's or a boy's name?
Esben is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Esben in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 7 boys.
Esben in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
How popular is Esben in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Esben, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 2011.
2025 had fewer boys named Esben than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Esben in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Esben in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
Names like Esben
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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