Esaias vs Esau
American parents have registered 2,976 Esaus since 1880, against 858 Esaiases. But in 2025 it was Esaias that was commoner, 54 babies to 37.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Esaias Esau
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 127 years in which either name was published, Esau for 120 years and Esaias for 7 years. The lead changed hands 3 times.
Side by side
| Esaias | Esau | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 858 | 2,976 |
| Most in one year | 69 | 82 |
| Babies in 2025 | 54 | 37 |
| Estimated living today | 850 | 2,300 |
| Median age today | 8 | 24 |
| Peak year | 2024 | 2007 |
| Best rank | 2,133rd boys | 1,781st boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 2,480th | 3,181st |
| First recorded | 1991 | 1880 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 858 | 0 / 2,976 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Esaus alive today are over 24; half the Esaiases are over 8. That is 16 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Esaias California (5.6×), Texas (4.6×)
- Esau South Carolina (7.2×), California (4.8×), Texas (4.5×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Esaias and Esau.