Esli
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- ESS-lee
- US rank, 2025
- #4,171 for girls
Esli is a name. In 2025 it ranked 4,171st for girls in the US (34 babies).
What does Esli mean?
Uncertain; perhaps the biblical Esli or a form of Leslie
Esli appears in the Gospel of Luke as one of the ancestors in the genealogy of Jesus.
Is Esli a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Esli has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 34 girls in the US.
How popular is Esli in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,171among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 47,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 86% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 34 girls in the US were named Esli, making it the 4,171st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. It first appears in the records in 1990.
2025 had the most girls named Esli of any year since it first appeared, in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Esli in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 56 girls in the US were given Esli or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,426, up from #4,171 for this spelling alone.
- Esli 34
- Esly 16
- Eslie 6
In 2023, 31% of the babies named Esli in the US were girls.
Esli in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #4,171 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,522 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
Names like Esli
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ellie Lexi Emerson Chloe Elle Emma Presley Ember Zoe Nayeli Emery Harper
Other spellings of Esli
Names related to Esli
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, “Esli: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/esli, updated 20 October 2026.