Esmerelda
- #4,987 for girls in 2025, 26 births
- Peak · girls
- 2021 · 39 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 776since 1971
Esmerelda over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Esmerelda has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,987 | 26 |
| 2024 | #4,207 | 34 |
| 2023 | #4,999 | 26 |
| 2022 | #4,907 | 27 |
| 2021 | #3,801 | 39 |
| 2020 | #5,667 | 21 |
| 2019 | #5,986 | 20 |
| 2018 | #6,010 | 20 |
| 2017 | #5,191 | 25 |
| 2016 | #5,284 | 25 |
| 2015 | #5,653 | 23 |
| 2014 | #5,993 | 21 |
| 2013 | #7,748 | 15 |
| 2012 | #8,632 | 13 |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 |
| 2007 | #6,093 | 22 |
| 2006 | #6,592 | 19 |
| 2005 | #6,820 | 17 |
| 2004 | #5,555 | 22 |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 |
| 2001 | #5,822 | 19 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 |
| 1998 | #4,796 | 22 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 |
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| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 |
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First appearance
1971
The first year at least five girls were named Esmerelda! It came in at #7,388, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1983–1984, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Esmerelda is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Esmerelda in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Esmerelda
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 780 spots since 2024 (#4,207 → #4,987)
- 680 spots since 2020 (#5,667 → #4,987)
Rise & fade · girls
50 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 2021 at #3,801 (39 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 42,073
- Highest: 1 in 42,073 girls born in 2021 were named Esmerelda (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 61,818 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 23.6% of all girls named Esmerelda (183) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 73 | #4,871 (1973) | #7,001 |
| 1980s | 65 | #5,912 (1980) | #8,883 |
| 1990s | 118 | #4,796 (1998) | #8,116 |
| 2000s | 164 | #5,555 (2004) | #7,238 |
| 2010s | 183 | #5,191 (2017) | #7,324 |
| 2020s | 173 | #3,801 (2021) | #4,761 |
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.
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