Esam
Esam is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Esam Al-Kandari, Kuwaiti footballer Esam Omeish, Libyan-born American physician Esam Sakeen, Kuwaiti footballer
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Esam
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Esam is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Esam Al-Kandari, Kuwaiti footballer Esam Omeish, Libyan-born American physician Esam Sakeen, Kuwaiti footballer
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Esam
American parents first put Esam on the record books as a baby boy name in 1977, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2013, when 8 Esams were born — ranking #8,789 that year. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 59% of all recorded Esams. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2015 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 58 Esams have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Esam
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Names that sound like Esam
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About the name Esam
Esam is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1977 and has accumulated 58 births in the dataset. Esam's peak popularity came in 2013 when it ranked #8,789. Use the chart and map above to compare Esam's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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