Esmeralda — #350 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Esmeralda

The Social Security Administration has registered 50,743 babies named Esmeralda between 1911 and 2024, spanning 114 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Esmeralda currently holds the #350 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 2,477 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Esmeralda performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 15,479 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Esmeralda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17,306 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Esmeralda in 42 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Esmeralda in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 50,743 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.