UK girl's name
Esme-Grace
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2023. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Esme-Grace is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Esme-Grace popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2023 in this profile. In that release it ranked #3218, with 7 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2020, with 8 births.
This profile covers 41 England and Wales registrations across 7 recorded years from 2016 to 2023. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 88% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 44 living people in the UK are called Esme-Grace. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2024 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Esme-Grace ranked #3218 for girls in England and Wales in 2023, with 7 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2020, when 8 girls were registered as Esme-Grace.
- • Esme-Grace ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #792 in 2021.
- • About 44 living people in the UK are estimated to have Esme-Grace as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#3218
2023
Births in 2023
7
Latest year
Peak year
2020
8 births
Estimated living
44
2026
Popularity
Esme-Grace over time
The chart below shows babies named Esme-Grace registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2016 to 2023. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Esme-Grace, the clearest high point is 2020. The latest England and Wales figure is 7 births in 2023, compared with 8 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Esme-Grace by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Esme-Grace was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #3193 | 21 | 3 |
| 2010s | #4091 | 20 | 4 |
Geography
Where Esme-Grace is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Esme-Grace. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Esme-Grace ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #792 in 2021.
Across the UK
Esme-Grace in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#792 in 2021
1 years of NRS records, 3 total registered
Related
Names similar to Esme-Grace
- Emily 121,621
- Ella 69,101
- Ellie 63,522
- Evie 52,944
- Emma 50,755
- Eleanor 40,576
- Elizabeth 39,225
- Erin 34,816
- Eva 29,738
- Evelyn 26,911
- Elsie 23,671
- Emilia 22,167
FAQ
Esme-Grace: questions and answers
How popular is the name Esme-Grace in the UK right now?
In 2023, Esme-Grace was ranked #3218 for girls in England and Wales, with 7 births registered.
When was Esme-Grace most popular?
The peak year on record was 2020, with 8 babies registered as Esme-Grace in England and Wales.
How many people are called Esme-Grace in the UK?
A total of 41 babies have been registered as Esme-Grace across the 7 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 3 more in Scotland.
Where is Esme-Grace most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Esme-Grace ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #792 in 2021. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.