Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Esma

#7,492 most common girls' name of all time · #12,570 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1890–2025

Rank among girls
#7,492
Rank overall
#12,570 of 105,966
First appeared
1890
Years on the list
67 of 146
All-time
915
Since 2016
288
Peak year
2019 #3,794
Best rank
#1,093 1890
Girls Boys peak 39/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Esma first appears in 1890. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 24 24 #5,246
2024 37 37 #3,973
2023 31 31 #4,465
2022 34 34 #4,210
2021 24 24 #5,248
2020 25 25 #5,014
2019 39 39 #3,794
2018 22 22 #5,627
2017 17 17 #6,824
2016 35 35 #4,165
2015 32 32 #4,409
2014 28 28 #4,901
2013 19 19 #6,489
2012 16 16 #7,481
2011 14 14 #8,219
2010 15 15 #7,905
2009 12 12 #9,401
2008 8 8 #12,619
2007 12 12 #9,563
2006 13 13 #8,743
2005 10 10 #10,157
2004 17 17 #6,790
2002 7 7 #12,237
2001 5 5 #15,438
2000 9 9 #9,903
1999 6 6 #12,752
1995 6 6 #11,843
1993 6 6 #11,842
1973 6 6 #7,510
1941 7 7 #3,638
1939 7 7 #3,488
1935 7 7 #3,495
1934 7 7 #3,518
1933 5 5 #4,314
1930 7 7 #3,745
1929 8 8 #3,454
1928 11 11 #2,821
1927 7 7 #3,953
1926 8 8 #3,622
1925 20 20 #1,961
1924 14 14 #2,563
1923 14 14 #2,508
1922 18 18 #2,142
1921 14 14 #2,551
1920 17 17 #2,209
1919 14 14 #2,432
1918 12 12 #2,713
1917 18 18 #1,957
1916 19 19 #1,833
1915 8 8 #3,204
1914 13 13 #1,946
1913 12 12 #1,831
1912 12 12 #1,676
1911 5 5 #2,597
1910 9 9 #1,711
1909 7 7 #1,855
1908 10 10 #1,413
1906 8 8 #1,493
1905 6 6 #1,809
1902 11 11 #1,123
1901 8 8 #1,318
1900 9 9 #1,403
1899 7 7 #1,362
1898 8 8 #1,356
1896 6 6 #1,525
1892 5 5 #1,594
1890 8 8 #1,093