# Esme (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/esme/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Esmeh |
| US babies named this | 10,930 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 10 / 10,920 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 21,539, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Anglicized spelling of French Esmé.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 263 | 977 |
| 2012 | 260 | 975 |
| 2013 | 274 | 926 |
| 2014 | 342 | 812 |
| 2015 | 419 | 681 |
| 2016 | 431 | 682 |
| 2017 | 513 | 585 |
| 2018 | 565 | 548 |
| 2019 | 745 | 426 |
| 2020 | 788 | 395 |
| 2021 | 828 | 376 |
| 2022 | 1,053 | 304 |
| 2023 | 950 | 325 |
| 2024 | 908 | 343 |
| 2025 | 1,032 | 298 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | 12,805 |
| 2021 | 5 | 12,716 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 797 | 72 |
| 2012 | 934 | 65 |
| 2013 | 1,032 | 58 |
| 2014 | 1,151 | 50 |
| 2015 | 1,340 | 38 |
| 2016 | 1,416 | 35 |
| 2017 | 1,235 | 42 |
| 2018 | 1,234 | 38 |
| 2019 | 1,138 | 43 |
| 2020 | 1,055 | 42 |
| 2021 | 1,013 | 46 |
| 2022 | 1,101 | 40 |
| 2023 | 982 | 47 |
| 2024 | 864 | 51 |
| 2025 | 933 | 45 |

## People named Esme

- Esme Morgan, English footballer
- Esmé Bianco, British actress
- Esmé Creed-Miles, English actress
- Esme Booth, British rower
- Esme Mackinnon, alpine skier (1913-1999)
- Esme Percy, British actor (1887-1957)
- Esmé Kamphuis, Dutch heptathlete & bobsledder

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.