Esau
Esau is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 40 births. Its best rank was 926th, in 1890.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 400.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 200782 births
- Best rank
- #926in 1890
- Since 1880
- 2,939people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,939 boys have been named Esau in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2007, with 82 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1993, and the 2000s alone account for 22%. It has spent 5 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Esau | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | |
| 1890s | 28 | |
| 1900s | 34 | |
| 1910s | 127 | |
| 1920s | 156 | |
| 1930s | 150 | |
| 1940s | 160 | |
| 1950s | 155 | |
| 1960s | 115 | |
| 1970s | 148 | |
| 1980s | 245 | |
| 1990s | 368 | |
| 2000s | 644 | |
| 2010s | 409 | |
| 2020s | 190 |
In 2007, its biggest year
Esau was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2007 were Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 2007.
Names that rose and fell with Esau
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Emanuelpeak 2007
- Colemanpeak 1997
- Edsonpeak 2019
- Amonpeak 2023
- Isrealpeak 2006
- Samuelpeak 2001
- Abrahampeak 2016
- Maxpeak 2009
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.