Essa

“Variant of Esa — Yahweh is salvation” — Finnish, via the biblical name Esaias/Isaiah origin

Boy's name · #2581 in the US (2025) · Trending

Essa is climbing: on the charts since 1978, it is ranked #2581 in 2025, with about 50 boys given the name last year. Roughly 760 have carried it all-time. Together with its spelling variants Eesa (#1855) and Esa (#2546), Essa would rank around #1131 with about 190 births last year — the newborns split about 45/28/27 across Eesa, Esa, and Essa.

Around the world: about 1 in 3,900 boys in Scotland (2025) · about 1 in 5,900 boys in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 9,900 boys in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 6 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Essas

Essa Al-Zenkawi — Kuwaiti discus thrower
Essa Obaid — Emirati footballer
Essa Al-Mehyani Alhothli — Saudi Arabian footballer
Essa Ismail Rashed — Kenyan-born long distance runner for Qatar
Essa Kayd — Somaliland politician

What Essas become

Among 35 notable people named Essa:

Political leaders appear 2.04× more often than among typical names — e.g. Essa Al-Kandari, politician in Kuwait.

Similar names: Esa · Shloimy · Eziah · Khaza · Yaziel · Ezrael

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