Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Esmeralda

#578 most common girls' name of all time · #1,080 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1911–2025

Rank among girls
#578
Rank overall
#1,080 of 105,966
First appeared
1911
Years on the list
109 of 146
All-time
51,751
Since 2016
8,311
Peak year
1998 #133
Best rank
#133 1998
Girls Boys peak 2,484/yr
192019401960198020002020

Esmeralda first appears in 1911. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 823 823 #373
2024 894 894 #350
2023 907 907 #342
2022 854 854 #371
2021 696 696 #450
2020 790 790 #394
2019 825 825 #379
2018 832 832 #378
2017 821 821 #378
2016 869 869 #377
2015 883 883 #370
2014 867 867 #377
2013 786 786 #393
2012 882 882 #360
2011 946 946 #334
2010 1,168 1,168 #283
2009 1,113 1,113 #299
2008 1,340 1,340 #256
2007 1,745 1,745 #191
2006 1,538 1,538 #223
2005 1,618 1,618 #215
2004 1,613 5 1,618 #212
2003 1,652 8 1,660 #202
2002 1,598 1,598 #205
2001 1,621 5 1,626 #201
2000 1,641 5 1,646 #195
1999 1,765 6 1,771 #177
1998 2,477 7 2,484 #133
1997 1,393 7 1,400 #215
1996 768 768 #360
1995 657 6 663 #400
1994 688 7 695 #375
1993 698 6 704 #365
1992 630 14 644 #403
1991 611 6 617 #416
1990 601 9 610 #423
1989 555 7 562 #438
1988 475 6 481 #481
1987 485 5 490 #456
1986 465 5 470 #463
1985 418 6 424 #488
1984 392 7 399 #503
1983 440 440 #462
1982 518 13 531 #424
1981 515 6 521 #422
1980 520 7 527 #420
1979 510 510 #416
1978 477 8 485 #425
1977 471 7 478 #432
1976 480 480 #419
1975 440 6 446 #448
1974 389 389 #462
1973 450 6 456 #432
1972 261 261 #609
1971 199 199 #745
1970 221 221 #704
1969 153 153 #839
1968 159 159 #795
1967 148 148 #824
1966 176 176 #743
1965 157 157 #789
1964 174 174 #784
1963 146 146 #869
1962 163 163 #822
1961 171 171 #800
1960 168 168 #794
1959 138 138 #886
1958 131 131 #897
1957 122 122 #935
1956 98 98 #1,038
1955 111 111 #934
1954 121 121 #867
1953 98 98 #963
1952 112 112 #873
1951 94 94 #959
1950 67 67 #1,128
1949 66 66 #1,115
1948 54 54 #1,247
1947 36 36 #1,592
1946 38 38 #1,432
1945 35 35 #1,365
1944 27 27 #1,596
1943 25 25 #1,738
1942 24 24 #1,743
1941 21 21 #1,783
1940 10 10 #2,868
1939 14 14 #2,263
1938 13 13 #2,410
1937 16 16 #2,071
1936 8 8 #3,265
1935 8 8 #3,300
1934 16 16 #2,063
1933 5 5 #4,454
1932 8 8 #3,431
1931 7 7 #3,669
1930 17 17 #2,084
1929 16 16 #2,163
1928 11 11 #2,880
1927 9 9 #3,439
1926 14 14 #2,541
1925 20 20 #1,991
1924 8 8 #3,840
1923 6 6 #4,592
1921 6 6 #4,697
1920 7 7 #4,180
1919 7 7 #4,017
1918 9 9 #3,407
1917 7 7 #3,900
1911 5 5 #2,806