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How popular is the name Esha?

Births per year, rank history and how many Eshas are alive today.

Esha (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 1197th in 2025 and given to 27 babies. The name peaked in 2002, when 133 babies were given the name, the 285th most popular that year. It has declined since 2002; the 2025 figure is roughly 20% of its peak.

The Esha you are most likely to meet is around 20 years old. Half of all Eshas born in England and Wales are between 14 and 22, and there are at least 1,500 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Esha - on average, only one in every 210 such rooms contains a Esha.

How many babies are named Esha each year?

050100200020201996: 61997: 141998: 81999: 82000: 242001: 512002: 1332003: 1022004: 1092005: 1242006: 1132007: 1092008: 802009: 812010: 702011: 612012: 572013: 412014: 502015: 462016: 312017: 262018: 342019: 272020: 222021: 192022: 212023: 212024: 212025: 27actual

Where does Esha rank among girls' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 2,3501997: ranked 1,2871998: ranked 1,9791999: ranked 1,9702000: ranked 8972001: ranked 5502002: ranked 2852003: ranked 3622004: ranked 3512005: ranked 3282006: ranked 3682007: ranked 3852008: ranked 4872009: ranked 5002010: ranked 5672011: ranked 6522012: ranked 7122013: ranked 9002014: ranked 7792015: ranked 8192016: ranked 1,1122017: ranked 1,2962018: ranked 1,0352019: ranked 1,2182020: ranked 1,3972021: ranked 1,5692022: ranked 1,4522023: ranked 1,4692024: ranked 1,4912025: ranked 1,197

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Esha per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 133 in 2002
Esha: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Esha most popular?

Esha peaked in 2002, when 133 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Esha?

At least 1,500 people named Esha born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Esha?

Most living Eshas are between 14 and 22; the most common age is about 20.

Is Esha becoming more or less popular?

Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2002 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.






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