NameTides

Esme

Esme was the #298 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,032 babies), and #45 in England & Wales and #225 in Canada.

Esme as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Esme as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesIrelandCanadaUS
Esme as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#298 (1,032)#45 (933)#38 (98)#65 (31)#135 (35)#225 (135)
2024#343 (908)#51 (864)#33 (102)#57 (34)#223 (19)#229 (125)
2023#325 (950)#47 (982)#33 (114)#66 (31)#148 (32)#296 (102)
2022#304 (1,053)#40 (1,101)#33 (115)#98 (22)#140 (38)#228 (127)
2021#376 (828)#46 (1,013)#42 (104)#75 (29)#172 (28)#342 (95)
2020#395 (788)#42 (1,055)#58 (77)#84 (25)#125 (42)#310 (102)
2019#426 (745)#43 (1,138)#43 (99)#86 (25)#177 (29)#290 (111)
2018#547 (565)#38 (1,234)#38 (118)#143 (16)#185 (28)#331 (101)
2017#585 (513)#42 (1,235)#46 (104)#91 (24)#99 (62)#408 (82)
2016#682 (431)#35 (1,416)#50 (95)#122 (19)#110 (54)#423 (80)
2015#680 (419)#38 (1,340)#57 (87)#144 (16)#137 (44)#528 (58)
2014#812 (342)#50 (1,151)#77 (69)#156 (13)#213 (25)#560 (56)
2013#926 (274)#58 (1,032)#93 (53)#370 (4)#273 (18)#609 (48)
2012#975 (260)#65 (934)#105 (46)#383 (4)#244 (21)#592 (49)
2011#975 (263)#72 (797)#107 (43)#363 (4)#340 (14)#639 (45)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #304.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1913.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,600 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 270common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 180very common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 240common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 600common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Esme is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,300 to 1 in 1,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Esme by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #153MEWisconsin: #253WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #236NHWashington: #207WAIdaho: #351IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #162NDMinnesota: #186MNIllinois: #256ILMichigan: #259MINew York: #191NYMassachusetts: #168MAOregon: #169ORNevada: #328NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #160SDIowa: #301IAIndiana: #317INOhio: #296OHPennsylvania: #294PANew Jersey: #296NJConnecticut: #350CTRhode Island: #91RICalifornia: #289CAUtah: #287UTColorado: #236CONebraska: #244NEMissouri: #442MOKentucky: #570KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #345VAMaryland: #400MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #233AZNew Mexico: #182NMKansas: #404KSArkansas: #425ARTennessee: #432TNNorth Carolina: #560NCSouth Carolina: #403SCDistrict of Columbia: #119DCOklahoma: #272OKLouisiana: #342LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #418GAHawaii: #168HITexas: #415TXFlorida: #367FL
Esme (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#34615
Ontario2024#36435

Esme (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EsmeCanadaGirls#225135
EsmeEngland & WalesGirls#45933
EsmeIrelandGirls#13535
EsméIrelandGirls#14831
EsmeNorthern IrelandGirls#6531
EsmeScotlandGirls#3898
EsmeUSGirls#2981,032
EsmeUSBoys—too few