Popularity in England and Wales
Numbers
| Esme (feminine) | |||
| Year | Rank | Percent Used | |
| 2023 | #47 | 0.341 | |
| 2022 | #40 | 0.373 | |
| 2021 | #46 | 0.332 | |
| 2020 | #42 | 0.352 | |
| 2019 | #43 | 0.366 | |
| 2018 | #38 | 0.386 | |
| 2017 | #42 | 0.373 | |
| 2016 | #35 | 0.417 | |
| 2015 | #38 | 0.394 | |
| 2014 | #50 | 0.340 | |
| 2013 | #58 | 0.303 | |
| 2012 | #65 | 0.263 | |
| 2011 | #72 | 0.226 | |
| 2010 | #74 | 0.234 | |
| 2009 | #95 | 0.179 | |
| 2008 | #100 | 0.161 | |
| 2007 | #122 | 0.138 | |
| 2006 | #125 | 0.131 | |
| 2005 | #137 | 0.123 | |
| 2004 | #160 | 0.108 | |
| 2003 | #163 | 0.098 | |
| 2002 | #202 | 0.074 | |
| 2001 | #191 | 0.074 | |
| 2000 | #171 | 0.086 | |
| 1999 | #202 | 0.070 | |
| 1998 | #194 | 0.072 | |
| 1997 | #247 | 0.050 | |
| 1996 | #278 | 0.043 | |
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