Girl name#1,423 of girl names
Esme
Pronounced EH1 Z M EY1 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2022
- 112 years in use
How popular is Esme?
Esme is a girls' name, and first appears in 1913. It has been given to 9,885 children — the 1,423rd most common girls' name on record.
It is climbing hard: about three times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2022, when 1,052 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- EH1 Z M EY1 · EH1 Z M IY0
- Stress pattern:
- 11 · 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Esme
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Esme
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Esme?
- Esme ranks 1,423rd among girls' names in US records, with 9,885 births since 1913. Over the past decade it accounts for 7,188.
- Is Esme a unisex name?
- No. Esme is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Esme most popular?
- 2022, when 1,052 children were given the name. It has been in use for 112 years and is still recorded as of 2024.