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Ezmae

Gender
Girl
Say it
EZ-may
Origin
French
UK rank, 2025
#1,247 for girls
US rank, 2025
#3,576 for girls

Ezmae is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “esteemed, loved”. In 2025 it ranked 1,247th for girls in the UK (27 babies) and 3,576th for girls in the US (42 babies).

What does Ezmae mean?

French: spelling of Esme

“esteemed, loved”

Modern spelling of Esme, from Old French esmé, meaning esteemed.

Is Ezmae a girl's or a boy's name?

Ezmae is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 girls in the UK and 42 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Ezmae in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,247among girls
Babies in 2025
27about 1 in 10,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 35% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 27 girls in the UK were named Ezmae, making it the 1,247th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 974th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 50 girls.

Half of all the girls named Ezmae in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,440 girls in the UK were given Ezmae or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #33, up from #1,247 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,197th in England and Wales.

2005Busiest: 50 in 20172025
Ezmae in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202527#1,247
202423#1,449
202330#1,178
202228#1,248
202129#1,231
202038#974
201936#1,040
201849#832
201750#839
201641#956
201541#960
201427#1,302
201330#1,218
201214#2,103
201114#2,032
20106#3,715
20090–
20080–
20070–
20060–
20054#4,150

How popular is Ezmae in the US?

Rank in 2025
#3,576among girls
Babies in 2025
42about 1 in 38,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 14% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 42 girls in the US were named Ezmae, making it the 3,576th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,450th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 44 girls. It first appears in the records in 2009.

Half of all the girls named Ezmae in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,263 girls in the US were given Ezmae or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #272, up from #3,576 for this spelling alone.

2009Busiest: 44 in 20202025
Ezmae in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202542#3,576
202441#3,695
202344#3,524
202242#3,651
202127#4,829
202044#3,450
201938#3,850
201829#4,660
201725#5,189
201631#4,530
201521#6,034
201423#5,623
201319#6,459
20127#13,477
20110–
20105#16,985
20095#17,288

Names like Ezmae

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Ezmae

Names related to Ezmae

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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, “Ezmae: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ezmae, updated 20 October 2026.