Esau is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2007 and has grown less common since.
Esau is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3,205 for boy births in the United States (and #6,884 across all names), given to 37 babies. Esau first appears in 1880 and peaked in 2007 (82 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | 37 | #3,205 |
| 2024 | 40 | 40 | #3,065 |
| 2023 | 33 | 33 | #3,496 |
| 2022 | 44 | 44 | #2,887 |
| 2021 | 35 | 35 | #3,320 |
| 2020 | 38 | 38 | #3,035 |
| 2019 | 33 | 33 | #3,442 |
| 2018 | 37 | 37 | #3,123 |
| 2017 | 25 | 25 | #4,146 |
| 2016 | 48 | 48 | #2,596 |
| 2015 | 39 | 39 | #2,987 |
| 2014 | 41 | 41 | #2,857 |
| 2013 | 35 | 35 | #3,146 |
| 2012 | 47 | 47 | #2,608 |
| 2011 | 47 | 47 | #2,597 |
| 2010 | 57 | 57 | #2,271 |
| 2009 | 59 | 59 | #2,236 |
| 2008 | 72 | 72 | #1,972 |
| 2007 | 82 | 82 | #1,785 |
| 2006 | 73 | 73 | #1,864 |
| 2005 | 63 | 63 | #1,992 |
| 2004 | 63 | 63 | #1,940 |
| 2003 | 55 | 55 | #2,062 |
| 2002 | 46 | 46 | #2,265 |
| 2001 | 58 | 58 | #1,897 |
| 2000 | 73 | 73 | #1,616 |
| 1999 | 38 | 38 | #2,366 |
| 1998 | 39 | 39 | #2,288 |
| 1997 | 39 | — | #2,208 |
| 1996 | 40 | — | #2,120 |
| 1995 | 31 | — | #2,464 |
| 1994 | 25 | — | #2,879 |
| 1993 | 40 | — | #2,021 |
| 1992 | 37 | — | #2,103 |
| 1991 | 35 | — | #2,108 |
| 1990 | 44 | — | #1,787 |
| 1989 | 39 | — | #1,905 |
| 1988 | 31 | — | #2,053 |
| 1987 | 22 | — | #2,497 |
| 1986 | 20 | — | #2,626 |
| 1985 | 22 | — | #2,376 |
| 1984 | 12 | — | #3,529 |
| 1983 | 19 | — | #2,516 |
| 1982 | 25 | — | #2,132 |
| 1981 | 28 | — | #1,961 |
| 1980 | 27 | — | #2,020 |
| 1979 | 24 | — | #2,121 |
| 1978 | 17 | — | #2,597 |
| 1977 | 17 | — | #2,590 |
| 1976 | 14 | — | #2,865 |
| 1975 | 15 | — | #2,673 |
| 1974 | 13 | — | #2,856 |
| 1973 | 18 | — | #2,254 |
| 1972 | 10 | — | #3,222 |
| 1971 | 8 | — | #3,755 |
| 1970 | 13 | — | #2,661 |
| 1969 | 10 | — | #2,929 |
| 1968 | 8 | — | #3,192 |
| 1967 | 12 | — | #2,396 |
| 1966 | 15 | — | #2,074 |
| 1965 | 12 | — | #2,398 |
| 1964 | 13 | — | #2,347 |
| 1963 | 11 | — | #2,583 |
| 1962 | 11 | — | #2,561 |
| 1961 | 12 | — | #2,457 |
| 1960 | 10 | — | #2,743 |
| 1959 | 13 | — | #2,333 |
| 1958 | 13 | — | #2,295 |
| 1957 | 22 | — | #1,726 |
| 1956 | 15 | — | #2,118 |
| 1955 | 13 | — | #2,248 |
| 1954 | 14 | — | #2,145 |
| 1953 | 15 | — | #2,063 |
| 1952 | 10 | — | #2,575 |
| 1951 | 19 | — | #1,745 |
| 1950 | 21 | — | #1,626 |
| 1949 | 19 | — | #1,721 |
| 1948 | 16 | — | #1,900 |
| 1947 | 18 | — | #1,806 |
| 1946 | 16 | — | #1,839 |
| 1945 | 14 | — | #1,876 |
| 1944 | 15 | — | #1,837 |
| 1943 | 11 | — | #2,317 |
| 1942 | 19 | — | #1,646 |
| 1941 | 18 | — | #1,653 |
| 1940 | 14 | — | #1,931 |
| 1939 | 22 | — | #1,429 |
| 1938 | 13 | — | #2,013 |
| 1937 | 14 | — | #1,934 |
| 1936 | 14 | — | #1,907 |
| 1935 | 18 | — | #1,677 |
| 1934 | 22 | — | #1,472 |
| 1933 | 12 | — | #2,131 |
| 1932 | 19 | — | #1,671 |
| 1931 | 5 | — | #3,952 |
| 1930 | 11 | — | #2,498 |
| 1929 | 8 | — | #3,071 |
| 1928 | 18 | — | #1,854 |
| 1927 | 7 | — | #3,568 |
| 1926 | 19 | — | #1,812 |
| 1925 | 22 | — | #1,650 |
| 1924 | 11 | — | #2,707 |
| 1923 | 18 | — | #1,894 |
| 1922 | 20 | — | #1,783 |
| 1921 | 16 | — | #2,090 |
| 1920 | 17 | — | #1,984 |
| 1919 | 14 | — | #2,184 |
| 1918 | 17 | — | #1,932 |
| 1917 | 19 | — | #1,716 |
| 1916 | 24 | — | #1,427 |
| 1915 | 13 | — | #2,097 |
| 1914 | 14 | — | #1,710 |
| 1913 | 13 | — | #1,523 |
| 1912 | 7 | — | #2,112 |
| 1911 | 6 | — | #1,597 |
| 1909 | 7 | — | #1,189 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | #1,269 |
| 1907 | 7 | — | #1,132 |
| 1902 | 7 | — | #964 |
| 1900 | 7 | — | #1,081 |
| 1897 | 6 | — | #983 |
| 1896 | 5 | — | #1,150 |
| 1894 | 6 | — | #994 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | #1,093 |
| 1890 | 6 | — | #926 |
| 1884 | 5 | — | #1,018 |
| 1880 | 5 | — | #957 |