NameTides

Esmeray

Esmeray was the #1,388 girls' name in the US in 2025 (157 babies), and #4,201 in England & Wales.

Esmeray as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Esmeray as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Esmeray as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#1,388 (157)#4,201 (5)—
2024#2,889 (57)#3,696 (6)#2,975 (6)
2023#3,225 (50)#4,057 (5)—
2022#2,463 (73)#3,149 (7)—
2021#3,215 (50)#2,942 (8)#3,280 (5)
2020#12,142 (7)——
2019#13,799 (6)#5,591 (3)—
2018#15,682 (5)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,388.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2018.

How common is it?

about 1 in 10,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 10,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Esmeray is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,500 to 1 in 28,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Esmeray by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,061MINew York: #2,075NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #959OHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,409CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #789CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #811MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #888TNNorth Carolina: #1,281NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,314TXFlorida: #1,545FL
Esmeray (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EsmerayCanadaGirls—too few
EsmerayEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
EsmerayNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
EsmerayUSGirls#1,388157