Esma — #3958 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Esma

The Social Security Administration has registered 891 babies named Esma between 1890 and 2024, spanning 135 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Esma currently holds the #3958 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Esma performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 237 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Esma shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Esma in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Esma in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 891 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.