Esperanza
#1,021 most common girls' name of all time · #1,829 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1903–2025
Rank among girls
#1,021
Rank overall
#1,829 of 105,966
First appeared
1903
Years on the list
122 of 146
All-time
20,884
Since 2016
2,532
Peak year
2000 #529
Best rank
#446 1929
Girls
Boys
peak 499/yr
Esperanza first appears in 1903. 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 | 188 | — | 188 | #1,208 |
| 2024 | 252 | — | 252 | #1,013 |
| 2023 | 258 | — | 258 | #989 |
| 2022 | 262 | — | 262 | #998 |
| 2021 | 224 | — | 224 | #1,104 |
| 2020 | 270 | — | 270 | #948 |
| 2019 | 272 | — | 272 | #965 |
| 2018 | 265 | — | 265 | #990 |
| 2017 | 277 | — | 277 | #955 |
| 2016 | 264 | — | 264 | #1,001 |
| 2015 | 298 | — | 298 | #921 |
| 2014 | 258 | — | 258 | #1,011 |
| 2013 | 249 | — | 249 | #1,003 |
| 2012 | 240 | — | 240 | #1,050 |
| 2011 | 296 | — | 296 | #884 |
| 2010 | 271 | — | 271 | #948 |
| 2009 | 278 | — | 278 | #961 |
| 2008 | 277 | — | 277 | #969 |
| 2007 | 351 | — | 351 | #820 |
| 2006 | 422 | — | 422 | #676 |
| 2005 | 363 | — | 363 | #742 |
| 2004 | 350 | — | 350 | #749 |
| 2003 | 396 | — | 396 | #669 |
| 2002 | 423 | 5 | 428 | #606 |
| 2001 | 455 | — | 455 | #568 |
| 2000 | 499 | — | 499 | #529 |
| 1999 | 402 | — | 402 | #605 |
| 1998 | 316 | — | 316 | #701 |
| 1997 | 316 | — | 316 | #684 |
| 1996 | 289 | — | 289 | #726 |
| 1995 | 213 | — | 213 | #890 |
| 1994 | 182 | — | 182 | #1,018 |
| 1993 | 176 | — | 176 | #1,045 |
| 1992 | 144 | — | 144 | #1,209 |
| 1991 | 163 | — | 163 | #1,105 |
| 1990 | 158 | — | 158 | #1,107 |
| 1989 | 132 | — | 132 | #1,220 |
| 1988 | 112 | — | 112 | #1,294 |
| 1987 | 132 | — | 132 | #1,131 |
| 1986 | 117 | — | 117 | #1,200 |
| 1985 | 110 | 5 | 115 | #1,243 |
| 1984 | 122 | — | 122 | #1,129 |
| 1983 | 125 | — | 125 | #1,098 |
| 1982 | 150 | — | 150 | #986 |
| 1981 | 164 | 5 | 169 | #915 |
| 1980 | 138 | — | 138 | #1,037 |
| 1979 | 159 | — | 159 | #927 |
| 1978 | 148 | — | 148 | #949 |
| 1977 | 129 | — | 129 | #1,032 |
| 1976 | 129 | — | 129 | #990 |
| 1975 | 134 | — | 134 | #945 |
| 1974 | 148 | — | 148 | #879 |
| 1973 | 125 | — | 125 | #960 |
| 1972 | 132 | — | 132 | #933 |
| 1971 | 109 | — | 109 | #1,100 |
| 1970 | 104 | — | 104 | #1,128 |
| 1969 | 121 | — | 121 | #978 |
| 1968 | 99 | — | 99 | #1,060 |
| 1967 | 118 | — | 118 | #941 |
| 1966 | 103 | — | 103 | #1,019 |
| 1965 | 120 | — | 120 | #925 |
| 1964 | 146 | — | 146 | #862 |
| 1963 | 116 | — | 116 | #991 |
| 1962 | 140 | — | 140 | #895 |
| 1961 | 133 | — | 133 | #932 |
| 1960 | 136 | — | 136 | #906 |
| 1959 | 143 | — | 143 | #859 |
| 1958 | 121 | — | 121 | #940 |
| 1957 | 152 | — | 152 | #824 |
| 1956 | 103 | — | 103 | #1,010 |
| 1955 | 144 | — | 144 | #805 |
| 1954 | 160 | — | 160 | #731 |
| 1953 | 167 | — | 167 | #708 |
| 1952 | 166 | — | 166 | #693 |
| 1951 | 177 | — | 177 | #655 |
| 1950 | 167 | — | 167 | #660 |
| 1949 | 153 | — | 153 | #676 |
| 1948 | 199 | — | 199 | #591 |
| 1947 | 184 | — | 184 | #621 |
| 1946 | 179 | — | 179 | #595 |
| 1945 | 179 | — | 179 | #548 |
| 1944 | 164 | — | 164 | #573 |
| 1943 | 145 | — | 145 | #631 |
| 1942 | 137 | — | 137 | #640 |
| 1941 | 115 | — | 115 | #662 |
| 1940 | 147 | — | 147 | #577 |
| 1939 | 115 | — | 115 | #636 |
| 1938 | 124 | — | 124 | #613 |
| 1937 | 111 | — | 111 | #645 |
| 1936 | 139 | — | 139 | #553 |
| 1935 | 124 | — | 124 | #581 |
| 1934 | 153 | — | 153 | #525 |
| 1933 | 138 | — | 138 | #545 |
| 1932 | 143 | — | 143 | #547 |
| 1931 | 169 | 5 | 174 | #496 |
| 1930 | 169 | — | 169 | #520 |
| 1929 | 219 | — | 219 | #446 |
| 1928 | 228 | 5 | 233 | #454 |
| 1927 | 190 | — | 190 | #511 |
| 1926 | 202 | 5 | 207 | #491 |
| 1925 | 184 | — | 184 | #525 |
| 1924 | 174 | — | 174 | #556 |
| 1923 | 156 | 5 | 161 | #578 |
| 1922 | 112 | — | 112 | #693 |
| 1921 | 115 | — | 115 | #691 |
| 1920 | 115 | — | 115 | #679 |
| 1919 | 96 | — | 96 | #716 |
| 1918 | 75 | — | 75 | #831 |
| 1917 | 62 | — | 62 | #887 |
| 1916 | 50 | — | 50 | #978 |
| 1915 | 54 | — | 54 | #899 |
| 1914 | 40 | — | 40 | #940 |
| 1913 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,002 |
| 1912 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,215 |
| 1911 | 14 | — | 14 | #1,297 |
| 1910 | 13 | — | 13 | #1,329 |
| 1909 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,918 |
| 1908 | 12 | — | 12 | #1,259 |
| 1907 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,499 |
| 1906 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,157 |
| 1905 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,905 |
| 1903 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,783 |