How Many People Are Named Esmeralda?
people named Esmeralda are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 6,806 people in the US has this name
Based on 51,751 babies named Esmeralda in Social Security records from 1911 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,484 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "emerald" in Spanish and Portuguese. Victor Hugo used this name in his novel 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' (1831), in which Esmeralda is the Gypsy girl who is loved by Quasimodo. It has occasionally been used in the English-speaking world since that time.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Esmeralda (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Esmeralda alive today is about 25 years old, and 71% are under 30. Half of them were between 14 and 33 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Esmeralda first appears in the records in 1911 and was given most often in 1998, to 2,484 babies. In 2025, 823 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1911 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Esmeralda has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #133, in 1998. In 2025 it ranked #373.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #373 |
| Best rank | #133 (1998) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #216 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Esmeralda alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Esmeralda were born in California than in any other state: about 17,206 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Esmeralda was given 2.6 times as often in California, 2.6 times in Texas and 2.2 times in Nevada.
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