Esperansa
- Last seen for girls in 2012 at #16,869
- Peak · girls
- 1932 · 11 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 503since 1920
Esperansa over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Esperansa has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | |
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| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 |
| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 |
| 2000 | #5,491 | 20 |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 |
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| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 |
| 1944 | — | |
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| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 |
| 1939 | — | |
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| 1937 | — | |
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| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 |
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First appearance
1920
The first year at least five girls were named Esperansa! It came in at #3,598, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1921, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Esperansa is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Esperansa in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
Rise & fade · girls
12 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1920
- Peaked 1932 at #2,644 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1933, 1 yr later
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 90,802
- Highest: 1 in 90,802 girls born in 2000 were named Esperansa (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 352,211 girls born in 2012 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,644 in 1932, was only 1 in 97,013 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 22.3% of all girls named Esperansa (112) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 56 | #2,921 (1929) | #3,677 |
| 1930s | 32 | #2,644 (1932) | #3,905 |
| 1940s | 33 | #3,388 (1945) | #4,244 |
| 1950s | 42 | #3,714 (1951) | #4,890 |
| 1960s | 16 | #4,539 (1963) | #4,924 |
| 1970s | 45 | #5,480 (1972) | #6,890 |
| 1980s | 74 | #6,291 (1984) | #8,453 |
| 1990s | 72 | #6,484 (1999) | #9,451 |
| 2000s | 112 | #5,491 (2000) | #8,879 |
| 2010s | 21 | #12,153 (2011) | #13,766 |
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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