Fun Facts About the Name Esmond
- 507 babies named Esmond: U.S. records list 507 babies given the name Esmond from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Esmond Mean?
Esmond is an English masculine name taken from an Old English personal name built from two elements. The second element is mund, meaning "protection" or "protector." The first element is not certain: it is most often identified as ēast, "east," which would give the literal sense "east protection," while the similar Old English word ēst, "grace, favor," is also cited and underlies the customary meaning of "gracious protector." The name is sometimes confused with Edmund, but Edmund is formed from different elements - ēad, "wealth, fortune," plus mund - so the two are separate names rather than spellings of one.
Esmond Name History & Origins
Esmond belongs to the large group of English names ending in the Old English element mund, "protection," which the Anglo-Saxons used in compounds such as Edmund and Osmund. It appears in England as a personal name and also as a surname, in spellings that include Esmund and Esmond. A related surname, Esmonde, has been long established in County Wexford in Ireland.
As a given name Esmond stayed uncommon, and it is best known from literature: William Makepeace Thackeray's novel The History of Henry Esmond (1852) is narrated by a character of that name. The name was still in occasional use in Britain in the 19th and 20th centuries, as with the actor Esmond Knight and the newspaper proprietor Esmond Harmsworth.
How Popular is the Name Esmond?
Esmond 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 2023. Its best rank was #1,402 in 1907.
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 | #10,002 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #10,171 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #6,020 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2022 | #12,922 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #11,169 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2020 | #6,743 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2019 | #12,731 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2018 | #7,274 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2017 | #8,355 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #8,351 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2015 | #6,081 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2014 | #11,140 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #8,318 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2012 | #10,044 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2009 | #11,436 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #9,251 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #8,399 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 2006 | #11,064 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #11,427 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #8,736 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1999 | #10,430 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #8,490 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #6,070 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #8,088 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #5,517 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1987 | #6,368 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1986 | #5,008 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1985 | #6,026 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #5,815 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #4,256 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #5,875 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1981 | #5,726 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #5,745 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1978 | #5,287 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1977 | #5,349 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1974 | #4,825 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1971 | #3,755 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1957 | #3,692 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1954 | #3,254 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1952 | #3,486 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1950 | #3,848 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1947 | #3,176 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1945 | #2,831 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1941 | #3,257 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1935 | #3,835 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1932 | #2,938 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1931 | #2,535 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1930 | #3,716 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1929 | #2,486 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1927 | #3,568 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1926 | #3,498 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1925 | #3,515 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1924 | #2,269 | 14 | 0.0012% |
| 1923 | #2,822 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1922 | #3,635 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1920 | #2,370 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1919 | #3,198 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1918 | #3,478 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1917 | #2,334 | 12 | 0.0013% |
| 1916 | #3,003 | 8 | 0.0009% |
| 1915 | #2,697 | 9 | 0.0011% |
| 1914 | #1,811 | 13 | 0.0020% |
| 1913 | #2,147 | 8 | 0.0016% |
| 1912 | #2,369 | 6 | 0.0014% |
| 1908 | #1,450 | 5 | 0.0032% |
| 1907 | #1,402 | 5 | 0.0034% |
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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