Esme — #344 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Esme

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,875 babies named Esme between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Esme currently holds the #344 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 1,052 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Esme performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 4,516 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Esme shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,309 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Esme in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Esme 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 9,875 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.