How rare is the name Esme?

5,818 people in the United States have the first name Esme, about 1 in 51,913. It ranks #3,547 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ESME

#3,547

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,818
About
1 in 51,913
This common or more
82.6%
Who bears it

Of the 5,818 people named Esme, 59% reported their origin as White, 23.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.9% as two or more races. 99.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Esme peaked in 2022, when 1,053 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19132025
Peak year
2022
Births that year
1,053
In 2025*
1,032 ▼2%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 10,930 babies have been given the name since 1913. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Esme by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #702. The largest share of babies named Esme, 81%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#11,6155
1930s#11,9535
1950s#14,8235
1960s#17,2535
1970s#17,85117
1980s#11,89875
1990s#8,399189
2000s#3,411968
2010s#1,3184,097
2020s#7025,564
Greatest Generation 1901–270%
Silent Generation 1928–450%
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–800.2%
Millennials 1981–961.5%
Generation Z 1997–1217.1%
2013 and later81%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Esme is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Esme has been most common in Oregon (2.8×), Minnesota (2.5×), and Washington (2.4×), and least common in South Carolina (0.25×).

9,448 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Esme

#3,545 Luc · 5,827#3,546 Shaylee · 5,826#3,548 Kandice · 5,816#3,549 Vikki · 5,814

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Esme, most common first.

#13,136 Esma · 928#18,362 Esmee · 588#31,866 Esmie · 267

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