Fun Facts About the Name Esmee
- 859 babies named Esmee: U.S. records list 859 babies given the name Esmee from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Esmee Mean?
Esmee is a feminine given name, a variant spelling of Esmée, the feminine form of the French name Esmé. Both come from the Old French past participle esmé, meaning "esteemed" or "beloved." That word derives from the verb esmer, "to esteem, value, love," which goes back to Latin aestimare, "to value, estimate." The literal sense is "esteemed" or "valued"; because the French verb also meant "to love," the name is often glossed as "beloved." In French, the feminine ending -e distinguishes Esmée from the masculine Esmé. The spelling Esmee drops the acute accent and is standard in Dutch.
Esmee Name History & Origins
The masculine name Esmé was carried to Scotland in the 16th century by Esmé Stuart, 1st Duke of Lennox (c. 1542 - 1583), a French-born nobleman who became a favorite of King James VI. The feminine form Esmée belongs to the same French name, formed with the feminine ending. In the Netherlands, the spelling Esmee became an established girl's name; Dutch normally writes it without the acute accent. English speakers have also used Esmé and Esmée, and a famous 20th-century literary example is the female character Esmé in J. D. Salinger's 1950 short story "For Esmé - with Love and Squalor." A later fictional use is Esmé Squalor in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. These literary characters are later than the name's older French and Scottish use and did not create it.
How Popular is the Name Esmee?
Esmee has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2019. Its best rank was #2,312 in 2019.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,305 | 47 | 0.0029% |
| 2024 | #3,706 | 41 | 0.0025% |
| 2023 | #3,235 | 50 | 0.0031% |
| 2022 | #3,134 | 52 | 0.0032% |
| 2021 | #2,794 | 61 | 0.0037% |
| 2020 | #3,513 | 43 | 0.0027% |
| 2019 | #2,312 | 78 | 0.0046% |
| 2018 | #3,450 | 45 | 0.0026% |
| 2017 | #3,065 | 53 | 0.0031% |
| 2016 | #2,774 | 62 | 0.0035% |
| 2015 | #2,945 | 59 | 0.0033% |
| 2014 | #4,133 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 2013 | #3,951 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 2012 | #4,530 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2011 | #4,966 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2010 | #4,053 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 2009 | #5,595 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2008 | #12,975 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #11,089 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2006 | #8,392 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2005 | #12,179 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #10,972 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2003 | #10,710 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2001 | #10,368 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2000 | #15,818 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Esmee Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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