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How popular is the name Esme?
Births per year, rank history and how many Esmes are alive today.
Esme (female) is currently the 51st most popular girls' name in England and Wales, with 864 babies given the name in 2024. The name peaked in 2016, when 1,416 babies were given the name, the 35th most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade. At least 20,000 babies have been named Esme in England and Wales since 1996.
The Esme you are most likely to meet is around 10 years old. Half of all Esmes born in England and Wales are between 7 and 17, and there are at least 21,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 6.5% chance that at least one of them will be called Esme.
How many babies are named Esme each year?
Where does Esme rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Esme most popular?
Esme peaked in 2016, when 1,416 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Esme?
At least 21,000 people named Esme born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Esme?
Most living Esmes are between 7 and 17; the most common age is about 10.
Is Esme becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.