Total births
33
Girls' name · since 1918
Esperance
Esperance has 33 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 33
- total births
- 1918–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 70%
- born in that decade
Esperance sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 33 recorded since 1918.
Esperance has 33 recorded births among girls since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2025.
- 33 total births
- 1918–2025 years on record
- 2020s peak decade
- 70% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
33 girls have been named Esperance since 1918, peaking in the 2020s, last recorded in 2025.
- 33
- total births
- 1918–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 70%
- born in that decade
2020s
Peak decade
70% of everyone ever named Esperance was born in this single decade.
2025
Single peak year
8 babies were named Esperance in 2025 - its busiest year on record.
Esperance's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Esperance splits its recorded history at 2021: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1918 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Esperance at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
2025
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1918
Esperance popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Esperance by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Esperance's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Esperance births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 23 births (70% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Esperance? ▼
33 babies have been named Esperance since 1918. It was last recorded in 2025. The peak year was 2025 with 8 births.
When was Esperance most popular? ▼
Esperance was most popular in the 2020s decade with 23 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
How long has the name Esperance been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Esperance since 1918 -- 108 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Esperance? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Esperanza, Esperansa, Espen, Espyn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
Keep exploring Esperance
Nearby Names Like Esperance
Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Esperance
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Esperansa Girl
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Espen Girl
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Espyn Girl
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Esparanza Girl
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1918–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Esperance: Baby Name Since 1918 - 33 Births, Peak 2025." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/esperance. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Esperance draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.