Esmé

Meaning and origin of Esmé

Popularity of Esmé in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2025.
• Over recent years, Esmé has been rising fast (+33.5% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Esmé every 2.5 schools, all spellings combined.

Esmé in English-speaking countries

Esmé ranks 34^th in Scotland, 47^th in England and Wales and 63^rd in Northern Ireland, against 798^th in France.

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  34^th girls’ name314 babies in 3 years1 girl in 173+3.5% a year

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  63^rd girls’ name96 babies in 3 years1 girl in 234+11.4% a year

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  47^th girls’ name2,779 babies in 3 years1 girl in 276−2.4% a year

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  113^th girls’ name151 babies in 3 years1 girl in 278+8% a year

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  137^th girls’ name190 babies in 3 years1 girl in 341+3.8% a year

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  212^th girls’ name58 babies in 3 years1 girl in 684

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  397^th girls’ name123 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,256+2.6% a year

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  315^th girls’ name2,890 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,672+7.3% a year

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Esmé and Esme are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Esme25
• Esmée3,340
• Ésmée65
• Esmee20
• Esmëe10
• Hesmée5

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Esmé

• Joanne
• Flavie
• Naïs
• Juline
• Nadine
• Suzon
• Aimy
• Avril
• Janelle
• Armance
• Jodie
• Mélie