Esme
#1,536 most common girls' name of all time · #2,658 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1913–2025
Rank among girls
#1,536
Rank overall
#2,658 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
10,930
Since 2016
7,823
Peak year
2022 #304
Best rank
#298 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 1,053/yr
Esme first appears in 1913. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,032 | — | 1,032 | #298 |
| 2024 | 908 | — | 908 | #343 |
| 2023 | 950 | — | 950 | #325 |
| 2022 | 1,053 | — | 1,053 | #304 |
| 2021 | 828 | 5 | 833 | #377 |
| 2020 | 788 | — | 788 | #396 |
| 2019 | 745 | — | 745 | #427 |
| 2018 | 565 | — | 565 | #547 |
| 2017 | 513 | — | 513 | #585 |
| 2016 | 431 | 5 | 436 | #682 |
| 2015 | 419 | — | 419 | #681 |
| 2014 | 342 | — | 342 | #812 |
| 2013 | 274 | — | 274 | #927 |
| 2012 | 260 | — | 260 | #975 |
| 2011 | 263 | — | 263 | #975 |
| 2010 | 280 | — | 280 | #925 |
| 2009 | 240 | — | 240 | #1,065 |
| 2008 | 154 | — | 154 | #1,509 |
| 2007 | 106 | — | 106 | #1,943 |
| 2006 | 105 | — | 105 | #1,920 |
| 2005 | 68 | — | 68 | #2,530 |
| 2004 | 75 | — | 75 | #2,314 |
| 2003 | 76 | — | 76 | #2,247 |
| 2002 | 67 | — | 67 | #2,386 |
| 2001 | 42 | — | 42 | #3,269 |
| 2000 | 35 | — | 35 | #3,678 |
| 1999 | 45 | — | 45 | #2,945 |
| 1998 | 29 | — | 29 | #3,929 |
| 1997 | 22 | — | 22 | #4,683 |
| 1996 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,093 |
| 1995 | 18 | — | 18 | #5,250 |
| 1994 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,052 |
| 1993 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,008 |
| 1992 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,594 |
| 1991 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,430 |
| 1990 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,309 |
| 1989 | 5 | — | 5 | #12,547 |
| 1988 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,491 |
| 1987 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,085 |
| 1986 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,226 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,857 |
| 1984 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,597 |
| 1983 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,153 |
| 1982 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,569 |
| 1981 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,579 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,592 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,293 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,142 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,536 |
| 1961 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,787 |
| 1953 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,898 |
| 1939 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,541 |
| 1913 | 5 | — | 5 | #3,581 |