Esmerelda — #4307 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Esmerelda

The Social Security Administration has registered 749 babies named Esmerelda between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Esmerelda currently holds the #4307 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Esmerelda performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 183 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Esmerelda shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 49 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Esmerelda in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Esmerelda 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 749 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.