Esperanza — #1016 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Esperanza

The Social Security Administration has registered 20,654 babies named Esperanza between 1903 and 2024, spanning 122 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Esperanza currently holds the #1016 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 499 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Esperanza performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 3,814 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Esperanza shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6,768 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Esperanza in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Esperanza 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 20,654 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.