Name meaning & stats
Esme
Esme means “emerald” (French origin). 10,920 US babies since 1940, peak 2022.
What it means
“emerald”
FrenchShort form of Esmeralda
In US birth records
Peak year: 2022
10,920 US babies were named Esme between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Esme (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 91% of the family
- Esme 91%
- Esmee 7%
- Ezme 2%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2022)