Esha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EE-sha
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,247 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,877 for girls
Esha is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,247th for girls in the UK (27 babies) and 4,877th for girls in the US (27 babies).
Where does Esha come from?
Probably Sanskrit, via Hindi
Is Esha a girl's or a boy's name?
Esha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 girls in the UK and 27 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Esha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,247among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 10,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the UK were named Esha, making it the 1,247th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,431st. Its busiest year was 2002, with 134 girls.
2025 had more girls named Esha than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Esha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 88 girls in the UK were given Esha or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #490, up from #1,247 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,197th in England and Wales.
Esha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #1,247 |
| 2024 | 21 | #1,538 |
| 2023 | 21 | #1,560 |
| 2022 | 22 | #1,485 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,553 |
| 2020 | 23 | #1,431 |
| 2019 | 28 | #1,256 |
| 2018 | 34 | #1,098 |
| 2017 | 27 | #1,326 |
| 2016 | 32 | #1,162 |
| 2015 | 48 | #854 |
| 2014 | 50 | #837 |
| 2013 | 41 | #967 |
| 2012 | 58 | #747 |
| 2011 | 63 | #688 |
| 2010 | 72 | #607 |
| 2009 | 82 | #529 |
| 2008 | 81 | #525 |
| 2007 | 113 | #402 |
| 2006 | 117 | #391 |
| 2005 | 127 | #348 |
| 2004 | 111 | #378 |
| 2003 | 104 | #388 |
| 2002 | 134 | #306 |
| 2001 | 52 | #596 |
| 2000 | 24 | #987 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,921 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,387 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Esha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,877among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 60,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the US were named Esha, making it the 4,877th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,167th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 184 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Esha in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 237 girls in the US were given Esha or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #963, up from #4,877 for this spelling alone.
Esha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #4,877 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,770 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,831 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 33 | #4,167 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 42 | #3,613 |
| 2017 | 46 | #3,386 |
| 2016 | 45 | #3,464 |
| 2015 | 56 | #3,024 |
| 2014 | 58 | #2,920 |
| 2013 | 66 | #2,660 |
| 2012 | 61 | #2,831 |
| 2011 | 68 | #2,613 |
| 2010 | 66 | #2,691 |
| 2009 | 76 | #2,484 |
| 2008 | 65 | #2,773 |
| 2007 | 76 | #2,457 |
| 2006 | 76 | #2,438 |
| 2005 | 90 | #2,072 |
| 2004 | 101 | #1,870 |
| 2003 | 140 | #1,415 |
| 2002 | 184 | #1,128 |
| 2001 | 79 | #2,092 |
| 2000 | 47 | #2,970 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,440 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,633 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,863 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,841 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
Names like Esha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha Anya Krisha Priya Saanvi Anaya Viha Hana Anvika Navya Aisha Arya
Other spellings of Esha
Names related to Esha
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, “Esha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/esha, updated 20 October 2026.