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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Esme” in the USA?

Number of people named “Esme” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Esme” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Esme” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Esme” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Esme” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Esme” by birth year

This chart shows how “Esme” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1913 5 0.000004397 5 100%
1939 5 0.000002269 5 100%
1953 5 0.000001297 5 100%
1961 5 0.000001207 5 100%
1971 5 0.000001457 5 100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 100%
1981 16 0.000004625 16 100%
1982 8 0.000002281 8 100%
1983 6 0.000001732 6 100%
1984 5 0.000001433 5 100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 100%
1986 9 0.00000253 9 100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 100%
1988 8 0.000002165 8 100%
1989 5 0.000001301 5 100%
1990 7 0.000001771 7 100%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 100%
1992 7 0.000001822 7 100%
1993 15 0.000003978 15 100%
1994 19 0.000005111 19 100%
1995 18 0.000004915 18 100%
1996 19 0.000005209 19 100%
1997 22 0.000006068 22 100%
1998 29 0.000007884 29 100%
1999 45 0.000012182 45 100%
2000 35 0.000009259 35 100%
2001 42 0.00001122 42 100%
2002 67 0.000017923 67 100%
2003 76 0.000019988 76 100%
2004 75 0.000019629 75 100%
2005 68 0.000017686 68 100%
2006 105 0.000026541 105 100%
2007 106 0.000026515 106 100%
2008 154 0.000039179 154 100%
2009 240 0.000062824 240 100%
2010 280 0.000075763 280 100%
2011 262 0.000071628 262 100%
2012 260 0.000071089 260 100%
2013 274 0.000075158 274 100%
2014 342 0.000092273 342 100%
2015 419 0.000113215 419 100%
2016 436 0.000118843 431 5 98%
2017 513 0.000143449 513 100%
2018 565 0.000160699 565 100%
2019 744 0.000214352 744 100%
2020 787 0.000235588 787 100%
2021 831 0.000245281 826 5 99%
2022 1052 0.000310954 1052 100%
2023 950 0.000286905 950 100%
2024 901 0.000270692 901 100%

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