Esra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ES-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,051 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,645 for girls
Esra is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “night journey”. In 2025 it ranked 1,051st for girls in the UK (34 babies) and 2,645th for girls in the US (65 babies).
What does Esra mean?
Arabic: Turkish form of Isra
“night journey”
Turkish form of Isra, after the Prophet Muhammad's night journey from Mecca to Jerusalem.
Is Esra a girl's or a boy's name?
Esra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 girls in the UK and 65 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Esra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,051among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 8,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 34 girls in the UK were named Esra, making it the 1,051st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,526th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 34 girls.
Half of all the girls named Esra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 997th in England and Wales.
Esra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #1,051 |
| 2024 | 28 | #1,248 |
| 2023 | 32 | #1,125 |
| 2022 | 32 | #1,118 |
| 2021 | 34 | #1,078 |
| 2020 | 21 | #1,526 |
| 2019 | 20 | #1,599 |
| 2018 | 22 | #1,524 |
| 2017 | 26 | #1,356 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 21 | #1,581 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,694 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,692 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,634 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,492 |
| 2002 | 17 | #1,280 |
| 2001 | 17 | #1,261 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,348 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,921 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,694 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,387 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Esra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,645among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 65about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 108% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 65 girls in the US were named Esra, making it the 2,645th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,546th. It first appears in the records in 1982.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Esra of any year since it first appeared, in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Esra in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 82 girls in the US were given Esra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,946, up from #2,645 for this spelling alone.
- Esra 65
- Esraa 17
Esra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | #2,645 |
| 2024 | 61 | #2,775 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,909 |
| 2022 | 35 | #4,106 |
| 2021 | 45 | #3,434 |
| 2020 | 29 | #4,546 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
Names like Esra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Hiba Rahma Amira Ayah Khadija Zainab Huda Ayra Isra Sama
Other spellings of Esra
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
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, “Esra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/esra, updated 20 October 2026.