Esmee
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EZ-mee
- Origin
- French
- UK rank, 2025
- #826 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,295 for girls
Esmee is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “esteemed, loved”. In 2025 it ranked 826th for girls in the UK (47 babies) and 3,295th for girls in the US (47 babies).
What does Esmee mean?
French: spelling of Esme
“esteemed, loved”
Spelling of Esme, also used in the Netherlands as Esmée.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Esmee a girl's or a boy's name?
Esmee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 47 girls in the UK and 47 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Esmee in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #826among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 47about 1 in 5,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 47 girls in the UK were named Esmee, making it the 826th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 466th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 331 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 10 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Esmee than any year since 2006.
Half of all the girls named Esmee in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 61 girls in the UK were given Esmee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #632, up from #826 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 922nd in England and Wales, 474th in Scotland and 397th in Northern Ireland.
Esmee in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #826 |
| 2024 | 55 | #735 |
| 2023 | 70 | #594 |
| 2022 | 84 | #516 |
| 2021 | 94 | #496 |
| 2020 | 96 | #466 |
| 2019 | 119 | #401 |
| 2018 | 150 | #345 |
| 2017 | 153 | #338 |
| 2016 | 249 | #231 |
| 2015 | 331 | #187 |
| 2014 | 154 | #328 |
| 2013 | 189 | #274 |
| 2012 | 196 | #282 |
| 2011 | 151 | #350 |
| 2010 | 182 | #290 |
| 2009 | 64 | #636 |
| 2008 | 85 | #508 |
| 2007 | 58 | #662 |
| 2006 | 32 | #975 |
| 2005 | 39 | #793 |
| 2004 | 36 | #834 |
| 2003 | 26 | #997 |
| 2002 | 19 | #1,186 |
| 2001 | 32 | #819 |
| 2000 | 32 | #792 |
| 1999 | 22 | #1,035 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,417 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | 22 | #988 |
How popular is Esmee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,295among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 47about 1 in 34,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 47 girls in the US were named Esmee, making it the 3,295th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,498th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 78 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Esmee in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 101 girls in the US were given Esmee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,677, up from #3,295 for this spelling alone.
Esmee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #3,295 |
| 2024 | 42 | #3,639 |
| 2023 | 50 | #3,225 |
| 2022 | 52 | #3,123 |
| 2021 | 61 | #2,784 |
| 2020 | 43 | #3,498 |
| 2019 | 78 | #2,305 |
| 2018 | 45 | #3,437 |
| 2017 | 53 | #3,053 |
| 2016 | 62 | #2,761 |
| 2015 | 59 | #2,927 |
| 2014 | 36 | #4,101 |
| 2013 | 38 | #3,916 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,484 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,913 |
| 2010 | 37 | #4,022 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,535 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
Names like Esmee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elodie Indie Maisie Evie Isla Ayra Freya Lyra Harper Mila Eden Aoife
Other spellings of Esmee
Names related to Esmee
More French 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, “Esmee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/esmee, updated 20 October 2026.