Essa
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EE-sa
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #754 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,572 for boys
Essa is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is salvation”. In 2025 it ranked 754th for boys in the UK (51 babies) and 2,572nd for boys in the US (51 babies).
What does Essa mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Isa, the Arabic form of Jesus
“God is salvation”
Spelling of Isa, the name of Jesus in the Quran, where he is honoured as a prophet.
Is Essa a girl's or a boy's name?
Essa is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls and 51 boys in the UK and 10 girls and 51 boys in the US.
How popular is Essa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #754among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 51about 1 in 5,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 51 boys in the UK were named Essa, making it the 754th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 936th. 4 girls were also named Essa in 2025 (4,935th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Essa of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Essa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 822 boys in the UK were given Essa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #78, up from #754 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 745th in England and Wales and 560th in Scotland.
Essa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 | #754 |
| 2024 | 44 | #824 |
| 2023 | 36 | #950 |
| 2022 | 38 | #904 |
| 2021 | 39 | #878 |
| 2020 | 34 | #936 |
| 2019 | 36 | #909 |
| 2018 | 36 | #919 |
| 2017 | 31 | #1,045 |
| 2016 | 34 | #973 |
| 2015 | 34 | #964 |
| 2014 | 29 | #1,058 |
| 2013 | 21 | #1,290 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,405 |
| 2011 | 18 | #1,433 |
| 2010 | 26 | #1,121 |
| 2009 | 26 | #1,086 |
| 2008 | 23 | #1,171 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
How popular is Essa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,572among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 51about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 51 boys in the US were named Essa, making it the 2,572nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,272nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 57 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978. 10 girls were also named Essa in 2025 (9,454th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Essa in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 560 boys in the US were given Essa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #532, up from #2,572 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 16% of the babies named Essa in the US were girls.
Essa in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 | #2,572 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,103 |
| 2023 | 48 | #2,692 |
| 2022 | 57 | #2,437 |
| 2021 | 35 | #3,295 |
| 2020 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2019 | 54 | #2,463 |
| 2018 | 35 | #3,237 |
| 2017 | 45 | #2,714 |
| 2016 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 2015 | 33 | #3,364 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
Names like Essa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Ezra Luca Hamza Zakariya Yahya Ibrahim Mustafa Enzo Axel Ilyas Yusuf
Other spellings of Essa
Names related to Essa
More Hebrew names
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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, “Essa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/essa, updated 20 October 2026.