Esmeray
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ez-meh-RYE
- Origin
- Turkish
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,388 for girls
Esmeray is a girls' name of Turkish origin, meaning “dusky moon”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 1,388th for girls in the US (157 babies).
What does Esmeray mean?
Turkish: Turkish name
“dusky moon”
Formed from Turkish esmer, 'dark-complexioned', and ay, 'moon'.
Is Esmeray a girl's or a boy's name?
Esmeray is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 157 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Esmeray in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 433% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Esmeray, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2021, with 8 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Esmeray in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
How popular is Esmeray in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,388among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 157about 1 in 10,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 157 girls in the US were named Esmeray, making it the 1,388th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. It first appears in the records in 2018.
2025 had the most girls named Esmeray of any year since it first appeared, in 2018.
Half of all the girls named Esmeray in the US since 1880 were born between 2022 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
Esmeray in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 157 | #1,388 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,889 |
| 2023 | 50 | #3,225 |
| 2022 | 73 | #2,463 |
| 2021 | 50 | #3,215 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
Names like Esmeray
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Esme Maeva Elodie Dua Aria Fiadh Elara Alara Everly Elora Liyana Alaia
Names related to Esmeray
More Turkish names
Ayla Aylin Ayda Orhan Ayzel Kaya Aydin Aslan Eren Evren Ayaz Ela Aylah Aleyna Deniz Demir
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, “Esmeray: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/esmeray, updated 20 October 2026.