Esau
Recorded 1880–2025 · United States
Esau was most popular in 2007, when 82 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,063 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,835, with 37 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,976 people named Esau.
Esau over time
How old is the name Esau?
The Social Security Administration’s records begin in 1880, and Esau is already there in that first year — so the name is older than the record and these figures cannot date it. It has been recorded in 127 of the 146 years since.
How many people are named Esau?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,976 American births named Esau between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,289 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Esau in 2025?
37 American babies were named Esau in 2025, ranking #6,835 that year.
Is Esau getting more or less popular?
Esau is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 38 births a year, against 42 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -10% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Esau a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Esau is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 2,976 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Esau?
Roughly 2,289 Americans named Esau are alive today — 77% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 25 years old, and half are between 15 and 40.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Esau is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org