Esma
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ES-ma
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,344 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
Esma is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Esma mean?
Arabic: Turkish and Bosnian form of Asma
Turkish and Bosnian form of Asma, borne by Asma bint Abi Bakr, an early Muslim and daughter of Abu Bakr.
Is Esma a girl's or a boy's name?
Esma is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Esma in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,344th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Esma, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,587th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 30 girls.
Half of all the girls named Esma in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Esma in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 19 | #1,666 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2021 | 23 | #1,448 |
| 2020 | 20 | #1,587 |
| 2019 | 30 | #1,189 |
| 2018 | 29 | #1,237 |
| 2017 | 27 | #1,326 |
| 2016 | 28 | #1,291 |
| 2015 | 24 | #1,431 |
| 2014 | 21 | #1,544 |
| 2013 | 25 | #1,402 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,914 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,917 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,848 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,614 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,681 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,692 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Esma in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,237th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Esma, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 2019, with 39 girls. It first appears in the records in 1890.
Half of all the girls named Esma in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Esma in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,962 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 34 | #4,200 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,001 |
| 2019 | 39 | #3,787 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 35 | #4,156 |
| 2015 | 32 | #4,402 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,427 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,429 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,392 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,766 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,563 |
| 1925 | 20 | #1,945 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,513 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,465 |
| 1922 | 18 | #2,109 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,509 |
| 1920 | 17 | #2,172 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,673 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,922 |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,805 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,133 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,896 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,766 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,620 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,634 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,763 |
| 1908 | 10 | #1,357 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,416 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,695 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 11 | #1,075 |
| 1901 | 8 | #1,227 |
| 1900 | 9 | #1,318 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,277 |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,263 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,416 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,450 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,006 |
Names like Esma
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lola, Eva, Ella, Eliza, Matilda, Luna, Lyla, Ada, Bella, Cora, Evie, Etta
Names related to Esma
More Arabic names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Esma: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/esma, updated 20 October 2026.