Girls' name · since 2018
Esmeray
405 babies named Esmeray in U.S. Social Security records since 2018, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,408 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,395 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 405
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
405 babies have been named Esmeray since 2018, making it today's #1395 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Esmeray recorded 405 times among girls since 2018, holding rank #1395 nationally today, ahead of 92% 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 2018 to 2025.
- #13,408 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,395 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 405 born since 2018
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Esmeray ranks #13,408 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,395 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 405 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,408 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,395 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 405
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Esmeray's 405 recorded births place it above 81.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
13 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Esmeray compares
405 Top 49% higher than 51% of 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
Esmeray's all-time total is 8% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Esmeray | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 405 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 157 | 21 | 19,840 |
Esmeray's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Esmeray's full recorded timeline at 2022, 83% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 17% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2018, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 157 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Esmeray popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 157
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Esmeray by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (394 births, 97% of the file).
2020s was Esmeray's strongest decade.
394 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 97% of all-time use.
Esmeray births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
- 2020s
2020s
394 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 394 births (97% of all-time use).
Esmeray by state
Where Esmeray concentrates geographically, total births since 2018
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 56 | 13.8% |
| #2 | California | | 44 | 10.9% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 9 | 2.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 8 | 2.0% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 7 | 1.7% |
| #6 | Colorado | | 6 | 1.5% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 6 | 1.5% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 6 | 1.5% |
56 of 405 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Esmeray appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Esmerays (56 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Esmeray: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~7 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, 2018–2025 (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 Esmeray 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.