Girls' name · since 2006
Esmerai
Esmerai has 25 recorded births since 2006 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #43,114 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 25
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
25 girls have been named Esmerai since 2006, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Esmerai has been recorded 25 times among girls since 2006, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2024.
- #43,114 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 25 born since 2006
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Esmerai ranks #43,114 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 25 born since 2006, peaking in the 2020s.
- #43,114 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 25
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Esmerai's 25 recorded births place it above 39.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Esmerai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Esmerai's full recorded timeline at 2022, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Esmerai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2024
- Peak year (2024)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Esmerai by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (15 births, 60% of the file).
2020s was Esmerai's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Esmerai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 15 births (60% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Esmerai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~18 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, 2006–2024 (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 Esmerai 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.