# Eshal (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/eshal/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 857 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 857 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,057, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 70 | 2,565 |
| 2012 | 58 | 2,944 |
| 2013 | 60 | 2,851 |
| 2014 | 63 | 2,753 |
| 2015 | 24 | 5,531 |
| 2016 | 27 | 5,040 |
| 2017 | 41 | 3,716 |
| 2018 | 42 | 3,634 |
| 2019 | 26 | 5,078 |
| 2020 | 26 | 4,931 |
| 2021 | 21 | 5,815 |
| 2022 | 26 | 5,069 |
| 2023 | 16 | 7,031 |
| 2024 | 16 | 7,031 |
| 2025 | 31 | 4,484 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 90 | 474 |
| 2012 | 102 | 443 |
| 2013 | 82 | 509 |
| 2014 | 63 | 640 |
| 2015 | 51 | 760 |
| 2016 | 36 | 994 |
| 2017 | 47 | 814 |
| 2018 | 38 | 952 |
| 2019 | 40 | 897 |
| 2020 | 22 | 1,397 |
| 2021 | 32 | 1,069 |
| 2022 | 38 | 910 |
| 2023 | 24 | 1,325 |
| 2024 | 27 | 1,230 |
| 2025 | 33 | 1,028 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.