girls:
247 births since 2009
#5469 (4th percentile)
overall:
247 births since 2009
#7492 (3rd percentile)
The name Esmay is the #7,492 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 247 recorded births since 2009. This represents the 3.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,469 (4.3% percentile) for all time with 247 births since 2009.
Esmay first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2009 (first recorded for girls in 2009). Birth data for Esmay is available in 14 out of the 15 years between 2009 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Esmay reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #910) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.2% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Esmay ranks #937 for girls (1.1% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 43.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Esmay".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Esmay", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 14 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Esme" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Esme..
Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Esmay. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 36.5% confident that Esmay is pronounced as EHZ-may, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EH-smay, at 28.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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