Esmeralda
Esmeralda is ranked 350th among girls in 2024 (891 births). Its best rank was 133rd, in 1998.
- Rank in 2024
- #350down 8 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 8910.06% of girls
- Peak year
- 19982,477 births
- Best rank
- #133in 1998
- Since 1911
- 50,743people given the name
The story in the numbers
50,743 girls have been named Esmeralda in the United States since 1911, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 2,477 births — 0.14% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 377 → 350).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2001, and the 2000s alone account for 31%. It has spent 73 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Esmeralda | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 28 | |
| 1920s | 97 | |
| 1930s | 112 | |
| 1940s | 336 | |
| 1950s | 1,092 | |
| 1960s | 1,615 | |
| 1970s | 3,898 | |
| 1980s | 4,784 | |
| 1990s | 10,289 | |
| 2000s | 15,479 | |
| 2010s | 8,877 | |
| 2020s | 4,136 |
In 1998, its biggest year
Esmeralda was the 133rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1998 were Emily, Hannah, Samantha, Sarah and Ashley. See all of 1998.
Names that rose and fell with Esmeralda
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Teyapeak 1998
- Katiapeak 1996
- Nadirapeak 2000
- Kaijapeak 2002
- Tylapeak 2024
- Sonalipeak 2000
- Kasiapeak 2002
- Mireyapeak 1997
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.