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Esdras: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 75 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,944 in 2023.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1,944 in 2023; #2,012 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Esdras in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,012 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2023, at #1,944.
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Esdras: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 75 boys in 2025. Peak: #1,944 in 2023 · most boys in one year: 80 (2023).
In 2025, 75 US boys were named Esdras, making it the 2,012th most common boys’ name of the year, up 6 places from #2,018 in 2024. That is 1 fewer than the 76 boys named Esdras in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,944, reached in 2023. That year also had the most boys given the name: 80. For comparison, it was #2,441 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Esdras in 47 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1972 with 8 babies. In all, 1,622 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 509 babies named Esdras.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 685 US boys were named Esdras; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 80. In 2025 that was about 1 in 22,774 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Esdras ranked highest in Maryland in 2025, at #844 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 46 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 5 | #844 | #660 |
| Tennessee | 7 | #868 | — |
| Texas | 15 | #1,313 | — |
| California | 10 | #1,623 | #2,665 |
| Florida | 5 | #1,920 | #1,767 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 75 | #2,012 |
| 2024 | — | — | 76 | #2,018 |
| 2023 | — | — | 80 | #1,944 |
| 2022 | — | — | 77 | #1,986 |
| 2021 | — | — | 65 | #2,179 |
| 2020 | — | — | 61 | #2,244 |
| 2019 | — | — | 71 | #2,052 |
| 2018 | — | — | 51 | #2,521 |
| 2017 | — | — | 68 | #2,057 |
| 2016 | — | — | 61 | #2,215 |
| 2015 | — | — | 52 | #2,441 |
| 2014 | — | — | 33 | #3,323 |
| 2013 | — | — | 45 | #2,635 |
| 2012 | — | — | 48 | #2,567 |
| 2011 | — | — | 36 | #3,128 |
| 2010 | — | — | 44 | #2,752 |
| 2009 | — | — | 38 | #3,067 |
| 2008 | — | — | 40 | #2,967 |
| 2007 | — | — | 39 | #2,988 |
| 2006 | — | — | 45 | #2,632 |
| 2005 | — | — | 39 | #2,765 |
| 2004 | — | — | 36 | #2,861 |
| 2003 | — | — | 28 | #3,309 |
| 2002 | — | — | 38 | #2,570 |
| 2001 | — | — | 36 | #2,638 |
| 2000 | — | — | 33 | #2,760 |
| 1999 | — | — | 27 | #3,050 |
| 1998 | — | — | 30 | #2,731 |
| 1997 | — | — | 26 | #2,925 |
| 1996 | — | — | 32 | #2,454 |
| 1995 | — | — | 18 | #3,598 |
| 1994 | — | — | 21 | #3,258 |
| 1993 | — | — | 14 | #4,307 |
| 1992 | — | — | 15 | #3,982 |
| 1991 | — | — | 16 | #3,707 |
| 1990 | — | — | 12 | #4,487 |
| 1989 | — | — | 7 | #6,435 |
| 1988 | — | — | 14 | #3,584 |
| 1987 | — | — | 12 | #3,802 |
| 1986 | — | — | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1985 | — | — | 7 | #5,329 |
| 1984 | — | — | 9 | #4,308 |
| 1982 | — | — | 7 | #5,201 |
| 1981 | — | — | 6 | #5,724 |
| 1980 | — | — | 6 | #5,744 |
| 1976 | — | — | 9 | #3,811 |
| 1972 | — | — | 8 | #3,741 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).