Esmerelda

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Esmerelda: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Esmerelda: Recorded since 2003, it reached #1,224 in 2021, and it stood at #2,574 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#1224highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2003–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#4373
2008	#3860
2010	#2843
2011	#4764
2013	#3536
2014	#4003
2015	#2705
2016	#2120
2017	#4063
2018	#2499
2019	#3541
2020	#2843
2021	#1224
2022	#1948
2023	#3218
2024	#2574

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 16 of the 22 years from 2003 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2003–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2003
First recorded at #4373 among girls in England and Wales in 2003 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2003–2024
Highest recorded position: #1224 among girls in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 2003–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2574 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Esmerelda by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Esmerelda in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	8	2 of 10	4
2010s	66	9 of 10	7
2020sbusiest	66	5 of 10	13

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Esmerelda appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1224 in England and Wales in 2021.

Esmerelda's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2574	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1948	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1224	27	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2120	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2003 and 2024, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,224, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 27 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
12 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#2,574position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
27births registered in its largest year, 202125 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

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Maya-Rose · #1224, 15y
Reggie-Ray · #1224, 11y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Lyla-Mae · #1224, 16y
Rossi · #1224, 23y
Akshara · #1225, 19y
Wania · #1225, 23y

Esmerelda and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Esmerelda without appearing here.

Esmerelda moved ahead of

Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2843 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1224 and #5581.
Belinda Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3541 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1224 and #4634.
Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3218 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #5891.
Teddy Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3218 and #2689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Esmerelda

Fiadh Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2120 and #2757 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4063 and #2502.
Eabha Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2499 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3541 and #2458.
Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1224 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1948 and #1452.
Arlo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1224 and #1785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1948 and #1849.

Moved the opposite way to Esmerelda

Abigail Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esmerelda went from #4373 to #2574 while Abigail went from #20 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esmerelda went from #4373 to #2574 while Aimee went from #51 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esmerelda went from #4373 to #2574 while Aisling went from #637 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esmerelda went from #4373 to #2574 while Alex went from #230 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Esmerelda

Ada Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esmerelda went from #4373 to #2574 and Ada from #1628 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esmerelda went from #4373 to #2574 and Alma from #2727 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esmerelda went from #4373 to #2574 and Amelia from #21 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esmerelda went from #4373 to #2574 and Aria from #1472 to #35.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1224 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Esmerelda

Esmerelda at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Esmerelda by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Popularity data

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Esmerelda at a glance

Esmerelda by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Esmerelda appears in

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Esmerelda and the names beside it

Esmerelda moved ahead of

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