Name Legacy

Esli

Recorded 1987–2025 · United States

Esli was most popular in 2025, when 34 American babies were given the name — ranking #7,270 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,270, with 34 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 619 people named Esli.

Most popular in2025
Rank that year#7,270
Births that year34
Total since 1880619
Given to76% girls

Esli over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Esli’s peak in 2025. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Esli a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Esli is a unisex name — 75.8% of the 619 Americans given it were girls and 24.2% were boys. It changed hands: since 2025 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 72% girls and 28% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Esli

Where Esli 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