Esra

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Esra: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Esra: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #661 in 2021, and it stood at #1,198 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#661highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1755
1997	#1543
1998	#1823
1999	#1805
2000	#1250
2001	#1305
2002	#1372
2003	#1472
2004	#1535
2005	#1589
2006	#2137
2007	#1573
2008	#2721
2009	#2019
2010	#2392
2011	#2150
2012	#2969
2013	#2062
2014	#1702
2015	#1497
2016	#2547
2017	#1330
2018	#1490
2019	#1497
2020	#1507
2021	#1039
2022	#1081
2023	#1056
2024	#1198

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2021: #661 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1039 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1755 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1198 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Esra by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Esra in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	38	4 of 10	10
2000s	132	10 of 10	13
2010s	157	10 of 10	16
2020sbusiest	144	5 of 10	29

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 29 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Esra appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #661 in Republic of Ireland in 2021.

Esra's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1198	28	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1056	32	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1081	31	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1039	33	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1507	20	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1497	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1490	21	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1330	25	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1497	21	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1702	17	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2062	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2150	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2019	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1573	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1589	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1535	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1472	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1372	14	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1305	15	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1250	15	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1823	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1543	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1755	9	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #661, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 33 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2021, and 25 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Espen · #8, 81y
Esraa · #2178, 10y
Esrom · #2954, 13y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Abigael · #661, 25y
Trisha · #661, 29y
Annabell · #660, 29y
Mateus · #660, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abigael · #661, 25y
Annaleigh · #661, 19y
Carleigh · #661, 9y
Cem · #661, 28y

Esra was ranked #661 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2021. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Esra and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Esra without appearing here.

Esra moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2062 and #2062 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1702 and #4684.
Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2969 and #1720 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2062 and #4739.
Kerry Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2969 and #2215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2062 and #4739.
Kristin Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2969 and #2969 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1702 and #4003.

Moved ahead of Esra

Frida Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1573 and #1656 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2721 and #1247.
Mila Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1372 and #1442 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #1472 and #799.
Ada Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1535 and #1617 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #1589 and #951.
Aria Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1535 and #1715 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #1589 and #1295.

Moved the opposite way to Esra

Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Esra went from #1755 to #1039 while Carol went from #802 to #3519.
Josefine Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Esra went from #1823 to #1056 while Josefine went from #3848 to #5687.
Tyler Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Esra went from #1755 to #1039 while Tyler went from #230 to #5581.

Moved the same way as Esra

Vicki Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Girls, Esra went from #1755 to #2969 and Vicki from #848 to #5876.
Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esra went from #2392 to #1198 and Rory from #5707 to #1603.
Fiadh Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esra went from #2062 to #1198 and Fiadh from #5742 to #374.
Noah Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esra went from #2062 to #1198 and Noah from #5742 to #1743.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #661 in Republic of Ireland in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Esra

Esra at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Esra by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Esra at a glance

Esra by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Esra appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Esra and the names beside it

Esra moved ahead of

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