Esmond

Esmond was the #9,714 boys' name in the US in 2025 (7 babies), and #5,137 in England & Wales.

Esmond as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
Esmond as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Esmond as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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 & WalesIreland
2025#9,714 (7)#5,137 (3)—
2024#9,894 (7)#5,120 (3)—
2023#5,927 (15)——
2022#12,330 (5)#4,790 (3)—
2021#10,799 (6)——
2020#6,620 (12)——
2019#12,145 (5)#4,702 (3)—
2018#7,136 (11)——
2017#8,140 (9)——
2016#8,146 (9)#4,810 (3)—
2015#5,999 (14)——
2014#10,717 (6)#4,632 (3)—
2013#8,118 (9)——
2012#9,709 (7)——
2009#10,994 (6)#4,527 (3)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1907 at #1,345.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1907.

How common is it?

about 1 in 250,000 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 250,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Esmond is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 180,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 70,000 to 1 in 490,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.