Esmeralda

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Esmeralda: Recorded since 1997, its highest recorded position is #638, reached in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#638highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
2000	#1831
2001	#1728
2002	#2868
2003	#3099
2004	#2530
2005	#3382
2006	#4157
2007	#3667
2008	#3397
2009	#3422
2010	#3156
2011	#2432
2012	#1893
2013	#2887
2014	#2058
2015	#1711
2016	#1571
2017	#1330
2018	#1013
2019	#1252
2020	#1044
2021	#1069
2022	#910
2023	#941
2024	#1262

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 26 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

In 2024: #638 among girls in Scotland, #1262 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #3824 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
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1262 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Esmeralda 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 Esmeralda in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	62	10 of 10	6
2010s	176	10 of 10	18
2020sbusiest	165	5 of 10	33

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 33 births a year.

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

Esmeralda 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 3 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #638 in Scotland in 2024.

Esmeralda'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	#1262	26	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#941	37	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#910	38	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1069	32	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1044	32	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1252	26	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1013	35	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1330	25	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1571	20	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1711	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1893	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2432	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	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	#1728	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1831	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#700	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#638	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 3 registrars between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #638, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 38 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2020, 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.

Esme-Rose · #968, 15y
Esmee · #185, 29y
Esmerelda · #1224, 16y
Esmie · #1177, 21y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Darby · #638, 28y
Joanie · #638, 24y
Kylah · #638, 28y
Taliah · #638, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Bilaal · #638, 28y
Blythe · #638, 29y
Clover · #638, 27y
Corah · #638, 16y

Esmeralda was ranked #638 in Scotland · Girls in 2024. 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.

Esmeralda 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 Esmeralda without appearing here.

Esmeralda moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2887 and #2062 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2058 and #4684.
Kai Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3422 and #2326 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #3156 and #5707.
Kristine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3422 and #3031 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #3156 and #5707.
Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3667 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #3156 and #5707.

Moved ahead of Esmeralda

Harper Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2530 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #3382 and #2682.
Frida Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2868 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3099 and #2727.
Fiadh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1013 and #1436 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1252 and #1063.

Moved the opposite way to Esmeralda

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esmeralda went from #3824 to #1262 while Abigail went from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esmeralda went from #3824 to #1262 while Aimee went from #61 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esmeralda went from #3824 to #1262 while Aisling went from #496 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esmeralda went from #3824 to #1262 while Alex went from #179 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Esmeralda

Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esmeralda went from #3824 to #1262 and Ada from #1543 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esmeralda went from #3824 to #1262 and Alma from #2411 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esmeralda went from #3824 to #1262 and Alyssa from #506 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Esmeralda went from #3824 to #1262 and Amalie from #3824 to #1128.

What's not yet available

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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 3 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #638 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Esmeralda

Esmeralda at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Esmeralda by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Esmeralda at a glance

Esmeralda by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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