NameTides

Esra

Esra was the #2,645 girls' name in the US in 2025 (65 babies), and #997 in England & Wales and #2,131 in Canada.

Esra as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Esra 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.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Esra 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.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
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#2,645 (65)#997 (34)——#2,131 (10)
2024#2,775 (61)#1,198 (28)——#1,710 (13)
2023#3,911 (38)#1,056 (32)——#1,678 (13)
2022#4,108 (35)#1,081 (31)——#1,727 (12)
2021#3,435 (45)#1,039 (33)—#661 (5)#2,021 (10)
2020#4,548 (29)#1,507 (20)——#1,758 (12)
2019#5,798 (21)#1,497 (20)——#3,266 (5)
2018#4,662 (29)#1,490 (21)——#2,892 (6)
2017#6,808 (17)#1,330 (25)——#3,307 (5)
2016#5,445 (24)#2,547 (10)——#1,785 (12)
2015#8,008 (14)#1,497 (21)———
2014#8,966 (12)#1,702 (17)——#3,316 (5)
2013#5,644 (23)#2,062 (13)———
2012#11,257 (9)#2,969 (8)———
2011#7,118 (17)#2,150 (12)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #2,645.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1982.

How common is it?

about 1 in 25,000 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 25,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 7,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Esra is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 23,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 15,000 to 1 in 34,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Esra 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: #2,075NYMassachusetts: 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: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,948CAUtah: 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: #2,921TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Esra (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5856

Esra (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EsraCanadaGirls#2,13110
EsraEngland & WalesGirls#99734
EsraEngland & WalesBoys—too few
EsraIrelandGirls—too few
EsraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
EsraScotlandGirls—too few
EsraUSGirls#2,64565
EsraUSBoys—too few