Esmé

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Esmé or Esmée is a given name derived from the past participle of the Old French verb esmer, "to esteem", thus signifying "esteemed", or similarly "beloved". Originally a masculine name, Esmé had become a feminine name by the mid-twentieth century.

From Wikipedia

Esmé first appears in the data in 1965 and has been recorded in 50 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1993 with 40 babies (rank #351 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Esmé

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Esmé yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

716
Total babies (all years)
50
Years in the data
40
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19651#1,310
19661#1,330
19671#1,352
19681#1,372
19694#1,029
19702#1,158
19712#1,175
19728#783
19737#804
19744#974
19757#804
197612#603
19776#832
19785#905
19796#869
19809#733
19816#876
198213#617
19839#756
19848#787
19857#860
19869#787
198717#574
198821#512
198916#601
199022#526
199117#632
199213#696
199340#351
199434#396
199532#400
199629#443
199736#383
199829#432
199927#450
200017#590
200122#506
200218#579
200320#536
200413#658
200527#404
200617#537
200716#551
200820#489
200912#622
201010#675
201115#530
201212#571
201324#361
201412#548