Given name & surname
Esmael
Esmael is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in Maguindanao.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1931. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Esmael through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 94
- 94 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #7,838 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,838 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 322 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Esmael’s family of names
In Maguindanao usage, Esmael has a related form in Esmail.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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