Esma

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Esma: Recorded since 1997, it reached #1,170 in 2018, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1170highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2152
1999	#3225
2000	#3247
2001	#2466
2002	#3409
2003	#2191
2004	#1952
2005	#1589
2006	#1660
2007	#1573
2008	#2292
2009	#1837
2010	#2843
2011	#1807
2012	#1893
2013	#1360
2014	#1501
2015	#1362
2016	#1211
2017	#1258
2018	#1170
2019	#1189
2020	#1556
2021	#1402
2022	#1767
2023	#1575
2024	#3015

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

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 27 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2152 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #1170 among girls in England and Wales, in 2018 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Esma 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 Esma in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	11	2 of 10	6
2000s	100	10 of 10	10
2010sbusiest	218	10 of 10	22
2020s	84	5 of 10	17

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 22 births a year.

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

Esma 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1170 in England and Wales in 2018.

Esma'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	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1575	19	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1767	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1402	22	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1556	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1189	28	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1170	29	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1258	27	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1211	28	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1362	24	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1501	20	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1360	24	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1893	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1807	15	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1837	14	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2292	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1573	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1660	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1589	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1952	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,170, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
26 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,015position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
29births registered in its largest year, 201825 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.

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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.

Elliw · #1170, 26y
Hanaa · #1170, 29y
Pranay · #1169, 25y
Anmol · #1168, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Elliw · #1170, 26y
Hanaa · #1170, 29y
Pranay · #1169, 25y
Anmol · #1168, 29y

Esma 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 Esma without appearing here.

Esma moved ahead of

Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1893 and #1720 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1360 and #4739.
Pauline Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2843 and #2589 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #1807 and #4764.
Cameron Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1893 and #1428 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1360 and #4050.
Helene Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2843 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #1807 and #4049.

Moved ahead of Esma

Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2466 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #3409 and #938.
Beau Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2152 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #3225 and #1805.
Dylan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1575 and #1959 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #1743.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1575 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #1743.

Moved the opposite way to Esma

Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esma went from #2152 to #3015 while Ada went from #1543 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esma went from #2152 to #3015 while Alma went from #2411 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esma went from #2152 to #3015 while Alyssa went from #506 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esma went from #2152 to #3015 while Amalie went from #3824 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Esma

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esma went from #2152 to #3015 and Abigail from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esma went from #2152 to #3015 and Aimee from #61 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esma went from #2152 to #3015 and Aisling from #496 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esma went from #2152 to #3015 and Alex from #179 to #2253.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1170 in England and Wales in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Esma

Esma at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Esma by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Esma appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Esma at a glance

Esma by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Esma appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Esma and the names beside it

Esma moved ahead of

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