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 1996
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Mexico#101 · 1 in 378
- Arizona#195 · 1 in 890
- Colorado#393 · 1 in 2,098
- California#443 · 1 in 2,611
- Texas#504 · 1 in 2,969
Best ever in a state: #60 in Arizona, 1928.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #101 | 23 | 1 in 378 |
| Arizona | #195 | 32 | 1 in 890 |
| Colorado | #393 | 10 | 1 in 2,098 |
| California | #443 | 88 | 1 in 2,611 |
| Texas | #504 | 47 | 1 in 2,969 |
| Washington | #538 | 9 | 1 in 3,171 |
| Illinois | #752 | 13 | 1 in 5,496 |
| North Carolina | #915 | 5 | 1 in 7,870 |
| Florida | #1,068 | 8 | 1 in 9,092 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,142 | 5 | 1 in 12,110 |
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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 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
More about 1996
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1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 6,066 of them was named Esperanza, which outranked 95.4% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #722Gretchen290
- #722Kerry290
- #722Tristen290
- #725Esperanza289
- #725Jesse289
- #725Maegan289
- #725Sonya289
- #730Allyssa288
- #730Melina288
- #730Mikala288
Tied with 4 names at #725; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.