Esau

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #3,181in 2025
  • 1 in 46,164boys in 2025
  • +6%last ten years

Most popular in 1902.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

0295718801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 127 recorded years as a table
Esau, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188045
188444
189054
189345
189452
189642
189753
190047
190257
190748
190839
190943
191127
191216
191325
191421
191515
191627
191721
191817
191914
192016
192115
192218
192316
192410
192520
192617
19276
192816
19297
193010
19315
193218
193312
193421
193517
193613
193713
193812
193920
194012
194115
194214
19438
194411
194510
194610
194710
19489
194911
195012
195110
19525
19538
19547
19556
19567
195710
19586
19596
19605
19616
19625
19635
19647
19656
19668
19677
19685
19696
19707
19715
19726
197312
19748
197510
19769
197710
197810
197914
198015
198116
198214
198311
19847
198512
198611
198712
198816
198919
199021
199117
199219
199320
199413
199516
199621
199721
199820
199920
200037
200130
200224
200328
200432
200532
200636
200740
200835
200930
201030
201125
201225
201319
201421
201520
201625
201714
201820
201918
202022
202120
202225
202319
202423
202522

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Esau isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Esau

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
37
Rank in 2025
#3,181
How rare
1 in 46,164 boys
Since 1880
2,976

Most popular in 1902, at 57 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 6% per million boys born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.