Girls' name · since 2009
Esmay
Esmay has 293 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,100 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,973 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 293
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Esmay is the #4973 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 293 recorded since 2009.
Social Security Administration records show Esmay recorded 293 times among girls since 2009, holding rank #4973 nationally today, ahead of 71% of girls, 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 2009 to 2025.
- #16,100 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,973 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 293 born since 2009
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Esmay ranks #16,100 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,973 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 293 born since 2009, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,100 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,973 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 293
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Esmay's 293 recorded births place it above 77.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Esmay compares
293 45th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Esmay's all-time total is 22% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Esmay | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 293 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 35 | 21 | 19,840 |
Esmay's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Esmay splits its recorded history at 2018: 65% of all births land in the more recent half, 35% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2009 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 35 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Esmay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 35
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Esmay by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (148 births, 51% of the file).
2020s was Esmay's strongest decade.
148 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Esmay births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
140 births
- 2020s
2020s
148 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 148 births (51% of all-time use).
Esmay by state
Where Esmay concentrates geographically, total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 13 | 4.4% |
13 of 293 births nationwide.
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- California records the most Esmays (13 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Esmay: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~16 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, 2009–2025 (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 Esmay 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.