Esmond

maleStatistical record

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

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

Esmond: Recorded since 1975, with a gap of 25 years, its highest recorded position is #321, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
11times a registrar ranked it
50years from first to last
#321highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Esmond's record

Absent from every published list for 25 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2001–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#2587
2002	#2636
2003	#3467
2006	#4052
2009	#4527
2014	#4632
2016	#4810
2019	#4702
2022	#4789
2024	#5119

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 10 of the 24 years from 2001 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1975–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #2587 among boys in England and Wales in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Esmond by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Esmond in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000sbusiest	17	5 of 10	3
2010s	9	3 of 10	3
2020s	6	2 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 3 births a year.

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

Esmond 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 2 regions, from 1975 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #321 in Republic of Ireland in 1975.

Esmond'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	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1975 and 2024, ranked in 11 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #321, first reached in 1975.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 4 births, registered in England and Wales in 2001.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 25 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2001, and 26 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
9separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
25 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period20 or more years missing →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
26 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
4births registered in its largest year, 2001Under 25 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.

Esmerelda · #1224, 16y
Esmie · #1177, 21y
Esosa · #3583, 18y
Espen · #8, 81y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Geoff · #323, 11y
Izhaan · #318, 11y
Lowell · #318, 14y
Aobha · #317, 14y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Asa · #321, 30y
Corrina · #321, 25y
Elvis · #321, 30y
Fabio · #321, 30y

Esmond was ranked #321 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1975. 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.

Esmond 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 Esmond without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Esmond

Mathias Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2587 and #3134 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2636 and #1322.

Moved the opposite way to Esmond

Albie Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Esmond went from #2587 to #5119 while Albie went from #728 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Esmond went from #2587 to #5119 while Alfie went from #54 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Esmond went from #2587 to #5119 while Alfred went from #149 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Esmond went from #2587 to #5119 while Archie went from #60 to #10.

Moved the same way as Esmond

Aaron Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Esmond went from #2587 to #5119 and Aaron from #40 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Esmond went from #2587 to #5119 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Esmond went from #2587 to #5119 and Alan from #270 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Esmond went from #2587 to #5119 and Alex from #45 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 2 regions, from 1975 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #321 in Republic of Ireland in 1975. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Esmond

Esmond at a glance

What stands out in Esmond's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Esmond by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Esmond appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Esmond

Esmond and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Esmond

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Esmond at a glance

What stands out in Esmond's record

Esmond by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Esmond appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Esmond

Esmond and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Esmond

Moved the opposite way to Esmond

Moved the same way as Esmond