Esperanza
#1,207 for girls in 2025, 188 births · Last seen for boys in 2002 at #10,667
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1929 · 219 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 20,849since 1903
Esperanza over time
Rank among girls' names. Esperanza has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,207 | 188 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,013 | 252 | — | |
| 2023 | #989 | 258 | — | |
| 2022 | #997 | 262 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,103 | 224 | — | |
| 2020 | #947 | 270 | — | |
| 2019 | #965 | 272 | — | |
| 2018 | #990 | 265 | — | |
| 2017 | #952 | 277 | — | |
| 2016 | #999 | 264 | — | |
| 2015 | #921 | 298 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,011 | 258 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,003 | 249 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,050 | 240 | — | |
| 2011 | #884 | 296 | — | |
| 2010 | #948 | 271 | — | |
| 2009 | #961 | 278 | — | |
| 2008 | #968 | 277 | — | |
| 2007 | #819 | 351 | — | |
| 2006 | #676 | 422 | — | |
| 2005 | #741 | 363 | — | |
| 2004 | #749 | 350 | — | |
| 2003 | #668 | 396 | — | |
| 2002 | #605 | 423 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #567 | 455 | — | |
| 2000 | #528 | 499 | — | |
| 1999 | #605 | 402 | — | |
| 1998 | #700 | 316 | — | |
| 1997 | #682 | 316 | — | |
| 1996 | #725 | 289 | — | |
| 1995 | #889 | 213 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,018 | 182 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,044 | 176 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,207 | 144 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,103 | 163 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,104 | 158 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,220 | 132 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,292 | 112 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,128 | 132 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,199 | 117 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,239 | 110 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #1,126 | 122 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,096 | 125 | — | |
| 1982 | #985 | 150 | — | |
| 1981 | #912 | 164 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #1,034 | 138 | — | |
| 1979 | #923 | 159 | — | |
| 1978 | #949 | 148 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,031 | 129 | — | |
| 1976 | #988 | 129 | — | |
| 1975 | #943 | 134 | — | |
| 1974 | #876 | 148 | — | |
| 1973 | #958 | 125 | — | |
| 1972 | #928 | 132 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,098 | 109 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,126 | 104 | — | |
| 1969 | #975 | 121 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,056 | 99 | — | |
| 1967 | #941 | 118 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,017 | 103 | — | |
| 1965 | #922 | 120 | — | |
| 1964 | #861 | 146 | — | |
| 1963 | #990 | 116 | — | |
| 1962 | #893 | 140 | — | |
| 1961 | #929 | 133 | — | |
| 1960 | #904 | 136 | — | |
| 1959 | #854 | 143 | — | |
| 1958 | #937 | 121 | — | |
| 1957 | #821 | 152 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,007 | 103 | — | |
| 1955 | #804 | 144 | — | |
| 1954 | #730 | 160 | — | |
| 1953 | #708 | 167 | — | |
| 1952 | #691 | 166 | — | |
| 1951 | #651 | 177 | — | |
| 1950 | #659 | 167 | — | |
| 1949 | #675 | 153 | — | |
| 1948 | #590 | 199 | — | |
| 1947 | #617 | 184 | — | |
| 1946 | #595 | 179 | — | |
| 1945 | #547 | 179 | — | |
| 1944 | #571 | 164 | — | |
| 1943 | #631 | 145 | — | |
| 1942 | #639 | 137 | — | |
| 1941 | #661 | 115 | — | |
| 1940 | #575 | 147 | — | |
| 1939 | #633 | 115 | — | |
| 1938 | #613 | 124 | — | |
| 1937 | #643 | 111 | — | |
| 1936 | #552 | 139 | — | |
| 1935 | #578 | 124 | — | |
| 1934 | #523 | 153 | — | |
| 1933 | #541 | 138 | — | |
| 1932 | #545 | 143 | — | |
| 1931 | #495 | 169 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #518 | 169 | — | |
| 1929 | #446 | 219 | — | |
| 1928 | #453 | 228 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #509 | 190 | — | |
| 1926 | #491 | 202 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #523 | 184 | — | |
| 1924 | #553 | 174 | — | |
| 1923 | #574 | 156 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #692 | 112 | — | |
| 1921 | #690 | 115 | — | |
| 1920 | #676 | 115 | — | |
| 1919 | #712 | 96 | — | |
| 1918 | #825 | 75 | — | |
| 1917 | #879 | 62 | — | |
| 1916 | #964 | 50 | — | |
| 1915 | #892 | 54 | — | |
| 1914 | #932 | 40 | — | |
| 1913 | #981 | 30 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,178 | 20 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,241 | 14 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,267 | 13 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,203 | 12 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Esperanza! It came in at #1,592, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1904, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Esperanza is popular in 1926
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#124 · 1 in 547
- Texas#145 · 1 in 629
- Arizona#172 · 1 in 646
- New Mexico#186 · 1 in 659
Best ever in a state: #60 in Arizona, 1928.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #124 | 66 | 1 in 547 |
| Texas | #145 | 95 | 1 in 629 |
| Arizona | #172 | 6 | 1 in 646 |
| New Mexico | #186 | 6 | 1 in 659 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Esperanza
- 194 spots since 2024 (#1,013 → #1,207)
- 260 spots since 2020 (#947 → #1,207)
- 286 spots since 2015 (#921 → #1,207)
- Biggest jump: 197 spots in 1913 (#1,178 → #981)
- Biggest drop: 203 spots in 1956 (#804 → #1,007)
- Debuted 1903
- Peaked 1929 at #446 (219 births)
- Births halved by 1956, 27 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 88 yrs · run 1913–1955
- Highest: 1 in 3,639 girls born in 2000 were named Esperanza (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,549 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #446 in 1929, was only 1 in 5,098 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 18.3% of all girls named Esperanza (3,814) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 45 | #1,203 (1908) | #1,598 |
| 1910s | 454 | #712 (1919) | #987 |
| 1920s | 1,695 | #446 (1929) | #561 |
| 1930s | 1,385 | #495 (1931) | #564 |
| 1940s | 1,602 | #547 (1945) | #610 |
| 1950s | 1,500 | #651 (1951) | #786 |
| 1960s | 1,232 | #861 (1964) | #949 |
| 1970s | 1,317 | #876 (1974) | #982 |
| 1980s | 1,302 | #912 (1981) | #1,123 |
| 1990s | 2,359 | #605 (1999) | #908 |
| 2000s | 3,814 | #528 (2000) | #728 |
| 2010s | 2,690 | #884 (2011) | #972 |
| 2020s | 1,454 | #947 (2020) | #1,043 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Esperanza in 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
Top boys' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 5,868 of them was named Esperanza, which outranked 91.3% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 222,101 of them was named Esperanza, which outranked 13.1% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 636 names at #4,201; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
- ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
- ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
- ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
- ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.