Esme
#298 for girls in 2025, 1,032 births · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #12,146
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 1,032 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 10,920since 1913
Esme over time
Rank among girls' names. Esme has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #298 | 1,032 | — | |
| 2024 | #343 | 908 | — | |
| 2023 | #325 | 950 | — | |
| 2022 | #304 | 1,053 | — | |
| 2021 | #376 | 828 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #395 | 788 | — | |
| 2019 | #426 | 745 | — | |
| 2018 | #547 | 565 | — | |
| 2017 | #585 | 513 | — | |
| 2016 | #682 | 431 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #680 | 419 | — | |
| 2014 | #812 | 342 | — | |
| 2013 | #926 | 274 | — | |
| 2012 | #975 | 260 | — | |
| 2011 | #975 | 263 | — | |
| 2010 | #925 | 280 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,063 | 240 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,508 | 154 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,940 | 106 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,918 | 105 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,524 | 68 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,309 | 75 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,243 | 76 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,379 | 67 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,256 | 42 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,664 | 35 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,935 | 45 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,914 | 29 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,660 | 22 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,065 | 19 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,016 | 19 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 | — | |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | — | |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | — | |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | — | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | — | |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | — | |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | — | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | — | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | — | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | — | |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 | — | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | — | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
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| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | — | |
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| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | — | |
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| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | — | |
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| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | — | |
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| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | — | |
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| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Esme! It came in at #3,187, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1913–1974, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Esme is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Rhode Island#91 · 1 in 272
- District of Columbia#119 · 1 in 337
- Maine#153 · 1 in 445
- South Dakota#160 · 1 in 436
- North Dakota#162 · 1 in 450
Best ever in a state: #48 in Maine, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | #91 | 9 | 1 in 272 |
| District of Columbia | #119 | 6 | 1 in 337 |
| Maine | #153 | 7 | 1 in 445 |
| South Dakota | #160 | 7 | 1 in 436 |
| North Dakota | #162 | 6 | 1 in 450 |
| Hawaii | #168 | 5 | 1 in 429 |
| Massachusetts | #168 | 33 | 1 in 728 |
| Oregon | #169 | 21 | 1 in 622 |
| New Mexico | #182 | 8 | 1 in 584 |
| Minnesota | #186 | 29 | 1 in 741 |
| New York | #191 | 86 | 1 in 911 |
| Washington | #207 | 35 | 1 in 825 |
| Arizona | #233 | 29 | 1 in 973 |
| Colorado | #236 | 27 | 1 in 864 |
| New Hampshire | #236 | 5 | 1 in 759 |
| Nebraska | #244 | 9 | 1 in 788 |
| Wisconsin | #253 | 21 | 1 in 965 |
| Illinois | #256 | 41 | 1 in 1,081 |
| Michigan | #259 | 35 | 1 in 1,021 |
| Oklahoma | #272 | 15 | 1 in 985 |
| Utah | #287 | 15 | 1 in 1,138 |
| California | #289 | 112 | 1 in 1,444 |
| Pennsylvania | #294 | 37 | 1 in 1,262 |
| New Jersey | #296 | 28 | 1 in 1,268 |
| Ohio | #296 | 37 | 1 in 1,278 |
| Iowa | #301 | 11 | 1 in 1,070 |
| Indiana | #317 | 22 | 1 in 1,269 |
| Nevada | #328 | 8 | 1 in 1,150 |
| Louisiana | #342 | 13 | 1 in 1,259 |
| Virginia | #345 | 23 | 1 in 1,467 |
| Connecticut | #350 | 8 | 1 in 1,438 |
| Idaho | #351 | 6 | 1 in 1,194 |
| Florida | #367 | 50 | 1 in 1,735 |
| Maryland | #400 | 13 | 1 in 1,537 |
| South Carolina | #403 | 12 | 1 in 1,524 |
| Kansas | #404 | 8 | 1 in 1,476 |
| Texas | #415 | 81 | 1 in 1,982 |
| Georgia | #418 | 27 | 1 in 1,674 |
| Arkansas | #425 | 7 | 1 in 1,513 |
| Tennessee | #432 | 18 | 1 in 1,782 |
| Missouri | #442 | 13 | 1 in 1,869 |
| North Carolina | #560 | 19 | 1 in 2,446 |
| Kentucky | #570 | 7 | 1 in 2,464 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Esme
- 45 spots since 2024 (#343 → #298)
- 97 spots since 2020 (#395 → #298)
- 382 spots since 2015 (#680 → #298)
- Biggest jump: 138 spots in 2010 (#1,063 → #925)
- Biggest drop: 50 spots in 2011 (#925 → #975)
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 2025 at #298 (1,032 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 2010–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,557 girls born in 2025 were named Esme (0.06%)
- 50.9% of all girls named Esme (5,559) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #3,187 (1913) | #3,187 |
| 1920s | 0 | — | — |
| 1930s | 5 | #4,250 (1939) | #4,250 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 5 | #5,673 (1953) | #5,673 |
| 1960s | 5 | #6,567 (1961) | #6,567 |
| 1970s | 17 | #7,984 (1975) | #8,155 |
| 1980s | 75 | #4,532 (1981) | #8,838 |
| 1990s | 189 | #2,935 (1999) | #6,277 |
| 2000s | 968 | #1,063 (2009) | #2,280 |
| 2010s | 4,092 | #426 (2019) | #753 |
| 2020s | 5,559 | #298 (2025) | #340 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Esme in 2025
Top girls' names in 2025
More about 2025
girls
1,607,267 girls got a published name in 2025; 1 in 1,557 of them was named Esme, which outranked 98.3% of the 17,297 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.