Eshal

Eshal was the #4,460 girls' name in the US in 2025 (31 babies), and #1,028 in England & Wales and #1,577 in Canada.

Eshal as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Eshal as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Eshal as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#4,460 (31)#1,028 (33)——#1,577 (15)
2024#6,932 (16)#1,230 (27)——#2,102 (10)
2023#6,922 (16)#1,325 (24)——#2,604 (7)
2022#5,028 (26)#910 (38)—#747 (4)#2,835 (6)
2021#5,748 (21)#1,069 (32)——#2,185 (9)
2020#4,880 (26)#1,397 (22)——#1,758 (12)
2019#5,041 (26)#897 (40)#493 (6)—#1,600 (14)
2018#3,614 (42)#952 (38)——#1,301 (18)
2017#3,697 (41)#814 (47)#501 (6)—#1,382 (17)
2016#4,990 (27)#994 (36)#798 (3)—#2,040 (10)
2015#5,458 (24)#760 (51)#509 (6)#751 (4)#2,179 (9)
2014#2,739 (63)#640 (63)——#917 (29)
2013#2,837 (60)#509 (82)#564 (5)#894 (3)#918 (29)
2012#2,935 (58)#443 (102)#815 (3)—#819 (33)
2011#2,555 (70)#474 (90)#465 (7)#798 (4)#923 (28)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2010 at #2,562.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2004.

How common is it?

about 1 in 53,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 53,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 7,700uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 10,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Eshal is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 70,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 37,000 to 1 in 130,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Eshal by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,312NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Eshal (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EshalCanadaGirls#1,57715
EshalEngland & WalesGirls#1,02833
EshalIrelandGirls—too few
EshalNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
EshalScotlandGirls—too few
EshalUSGirls#4,46031