Esmerelda
#8,339 most common girls' name of all time · #13,923 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1971–2025
Rank among girls
#8,339
Rank overall
#13,923 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
776
Since 2016
263
Peak year
2021 #3,841
Best rank
#3,841 2021
Girls
Boys
peak 39/yr
Esmerelda first appears in 1971. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | — | 26 | #5,022 |
| 2024 | 34 | — | 34 | #4,232 |
| 2023 | 26 | — | 26 | #5,041 |
| 2022 | 27 | — | 27 | #4,938 |
| 2021 | 39 | — | 39 | #3,841 |
| 2020 | 21 | — | 21 | #5,732 |
| 2019 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2018 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,090 |
| 2017 | 25 | — | 25 | #5,247 |
| 2016 | 25 | — | 25 | #5,340 |
| 2015 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,715 |
| 2014 | 21 | — | 21 | #6,071 |
| 2013 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,870 |
| 2012 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,780 |
| 2011 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,904 |
| 2010 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,396 |
| 2009 | 13 | — | 13 | #9,023 |
| 2008 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,645 |
| 2007 | 22 | — | 22 | #6,188 |
| 2006 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,686 |
| 2005 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,931 |
| 2004 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,641 |
| 2003 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,691 |
| 2002 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2001 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,921 |
| 2000 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,952 |
| 1999 | 11 | — | 11 | #8,426 |
| 1998 | 22 | — | 22 | #4,874 |
| 1997 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,021 |
| 1996 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,224 |
| 1995 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,365 |
| 1994 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,024 |
| 1993 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,181 |
| 1992 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,877 |
| 1991 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,934 |
| 1990 | 18 | — | 18 | #5,204 |
| 1989 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,157 |
| 1988 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,983 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,504 |
| 1986 | 7 | — | 7 | #9,052 |
| 1985 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,972 |
| 1984 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,214 |
| 1982 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,273 |
| 1981 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,648 |
| 1980 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,201 |
| 1979 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,648 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,580 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,896 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,707 |
| 1974 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,318 |
| 1973 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,162 |
| 1972 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,453 |
| 1971 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,219 |