Esperanza
Esperanza is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 249 births. Its best rank was 446th, in 1929.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 2490.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 2000499 births
- Best rank
- #446in 1929
- Since 1903
- 20,654people given the name
The story in the numbers
20,654 girls have been named Esperanza in the United States since 1903, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2000, with 499 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1988, and the 2000s alone account for 18%. It has spent 87 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Esperanza | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 45 | |
| 1910s | 454 | |
| 1920s | 1,695 | |
| 1930s | 1,385 | |
| 1940s | 1,602 | |
| 1950s | 1,500 | |
| 1960s | 1,231 | |
| 1970s | 1,317 | |
| 1980s | 1,302 | |
| 1990s | 2,359 | |
| 2000s | 3,814 | |
| 2010s | 2,689 | |
| 2020s | 1,261 |
In 2000, its biggest year
Esperanza was the 528th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2000 were Emily, Hannah, Madison, Ashley and Sarah. See all of 2000.
Names that rose and fell with Esperanza
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Nadeenpeak 2001
- Florenciapeak 2003
- Arlynpeak 2007
- Mariannapeak 2006
- Neomipeak 2008
- Nicolettapeak 2000
- Evangelinapeak 2012
- Lidiapeak 2008
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.