Essam
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- eh-SAAM
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Essam is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “safeguard; protection”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Essam mean?
Arabic: spelling of Isam
“safeguard; protection”
Is Essam a girl's or a boy's name?
Essam is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Essam in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Essam, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2019, with 7 boys.
2025 had more boys named Essam than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Essam in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Essam in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
How popular is Essam in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Essam, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2015, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the boys named Essam in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Essam in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
Names like Essam
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arham Muhammad Zayaan Musa Zayan Zayd Hamza Umar Abdullah Rayyan Azaan Ahmed
Names related to Essam
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
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, “Essam: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/essam, updated 20 October 2026.