Esmay
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EZ-may
- Origin
- French
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,868 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,877 for girls
Esmay is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “esteemed, loved”. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies) and 4,877th for girls in the US (27 babies).
What does Esmay mean?
French: spelling of Esme
“esteemed, loved”
Modern spelling of Esme, from Old French esmé, meaning esteemed.
Is Esmay a girl's or a boy's name?
Esmay is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK and 27 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Esmay in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,868among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Esmay, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,180th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 85 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Esmay than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Esmay in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,440 girls in the UK were given Esmay or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #33, up from #1,868 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,809th in England and Wales.
Esmay in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,592 |
| 2023 | 32 | #1,125 |
| 2022 | 36 | #1,027 |
| 2021 | 23 | #1,448 |
| 2020 | 30 | #1,180 |
| 2019 | 49 | #822 |
| 2018 | 46 | #875 |
| 2017 | 59 | #746 |
| 2016 | 67 | #678 |
| 2015 | 85 | #551 |
| 2014 | 77 | #598 |
| 2013 | 71 | #631 |
| 2012 | 24 | #1,430 |
| 2011 | 21 | #1,518 |
| 2010 | 23 | #1,418 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
How popular is Esmay in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,877among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 60,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the US were named Esmay, making it the 4,877th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,004th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 2009.
Half of all the girls named Esmay in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,263 girls in the US were given Esmay or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #272, up from #4,877 for this spelling alone.
Esmay in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #4,877 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 27 | #4,904 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 35 | #4,004 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
Names like Esmay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayra Dua Poppy Safa Isla Raya Freya Pippa Elodie Liyana Ayat Primrose
Other spellings of Esmay
Names related to Esmay
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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, “Esmay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/esmay, updated 20 October 2026.