Boys' name · since 1931
Esmael
94 babies named Esmael in U.S. Social Security records since 1931, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,821 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,768 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 94
- born since 1931
- 2020s
- peak decade
Esmael currently ranks #7768 among boys' names in America, with 94 babies recorded since 1931.
Social Security Administration records show Esmael recorded 94 times among boys since 1931, holding rank #7768 nationally today, ahead of 44% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1931 to 2025.
- #17,821 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,768 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 94 born since 1931
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Esmael ranks #17,821 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,768 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 94 born since 1931, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,821 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,768 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 94
- born since 1931
- 2020s
- peak decade
Esmael's 94 recorded births place it above 60.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Esmael compares
94 25th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Esmael's all-time total is 75% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Esmael | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 94 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Esmael's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Esmael splits its recorded history at 2018: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1931 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Esmael popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1931–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 95 years of records
Esmael by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (44 births, 47% of the file).
2020s was Esmael's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Esmael births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s 17
2010s
17 births
- 2020s
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 44 births (47% of all-time use).
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Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~94 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1931–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Esmael draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.