Esmae

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Esmae: Recorded every year since 1997, it reached #102 in 2019, and it stood at #718 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
48times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#102highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#1958
1998	#3142
1999	#2444
2000	#3247
2001	#2466
2002	#2868
2003	#3099
2004	#1836
2005	#2247
2006	#1660
2007	#1126
2008	#1584
2009	#958
2010	#468
2011	#402
2012	#274
2013	#153
2014	#154
2015	#124
2016	#115
2017	#107
2018	#108
2019	#102
2020	#106
2021	#128
2022	#115
2023	#120
2024	#155

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

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1997 to 2024.

In 2024: #155 among girls in England and Wales, #227 among girls in Northern Ireland, #315 among girls in Scotland, #412 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1997–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #1958 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: #102 among girls in England and Wales, in 2019 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Esmae appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 5,726 births with the name.

Esmae across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Esmae's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1958 (1997)	#102 (2019)	#155 (2024)	28 of 28	5,726 (1997–2024)	502 (2017)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#439 (2014)	#223 (2021)	#227 (2024)	9 of 11	47 (2014–2024)	8 (2021)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#751 (2015)	#412 (2024)	#718 (2025)	10 of 11	63 (2015–2025)	9 (2022)

Esmae 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 Esmae in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	18	3 of 10	6
2000s	130	10 of 10	13
2010s	3,512	10 of 10	351
2020sbusiest	2,066	5 of 10	413

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 413 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2012 and 2013, when recorded births rose by 154, from 179 to 333.

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

Esmae appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1997 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #102 in England and Wales in 2019.

Esmae'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	#155	330	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#120	413	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#115	448	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#128	398	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#106	477	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#102	501	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#108	480	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#107	502	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#115	495	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#124	463	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#154	358	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#153	333	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#274	179	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#402	113	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#468	88	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#958	34	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1584	17	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1126	25	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1660	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2247	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1836	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	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	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1958	8	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#227	7	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#264	6	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#243	7	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#223	8	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#397	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#424	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#434	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#239	7	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#718	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#412	9	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#495	7	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#420	9	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#444	8	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	8	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#751	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#315	11	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1997 and 2025, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #102, first reached in 2019.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 502 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2014, and 27 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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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Esma · #1170, 27y
Esmae-Rose · #1200, 13y
Esmai · #495, 19y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, 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.

Flora · #102, 30y
Mara · #102, 30y
Caiden · #103, 29y
Amaya · #104, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Eirinn · #102, 26y
Flora · #102, 30y
Mara · #102, 30y
Caiden · #103, 29y

Esmae was ranked #102 in England and Wales · Girls in 2019. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Esmae 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 Esmae without appearing here.

Esmae moved ahead of

Debra Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3099 and #3099 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1660 and #4157.
Karin Compare
In 2003 they stood at #3099 and #3099 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #1836 and #3725.
Brittany Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2247 and #1500 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1660 and #3548.
Pauline Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2247 and #1796 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1660 and #3548.

Moved ahead of Esmae

Mila Compare
In 2010 they stood at #468 and #616 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #402 and #261.
Elaine Compare
In 2024 they stood at #412 and #631 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #718 and #608.
Harper Compare
In 2013 they stood at #153 and #160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #154 and #89.
Aria Compare
In 2014 they stood at #154 and #170 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #124 and #100.

Moved the opposite way to Esmae

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esmae went from #1958 to #155 while Abigail went from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esmae went from #1958 to #155 while Aimee went from #61 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esmae went from #1958 to #155 while Aisling went from #496 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esmae went from #1958 to #155 while Alex went from #179 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Esmae

Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esmae went from #1958 to #155 and Ada from #1543 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esmae went from #1958 to #155 and Alma from #2411 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esmae went from #1958 to #155 and Alyssa from #506 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esmae went from #1958 to #155 and Amalie from #3824 to #1128.

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.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1997 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #102 in England and Wales in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Esmae

Esmae at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Esmae across 3 official records

Esmae by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Esmae appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Esmae at a glance

Esmae across 3 official records

Esmae by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Esmae appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Esmae

Esmae and the names beside it

Esmae moved ahead of

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