How Many People Are Named Esmerelda?
people named Esmerelda are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 447,362 people in the US has this name
Based on 776 babies named Esmerelda in Social Security records from 1971 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
39 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Esmerelda in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Esmerelda alive today is about 20 years old, and 75% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 29 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Esmerelda first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 2021, to 39 babies. In 2025, 26 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Esmerelda has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #3,823, in 2021. In 2025 it ranked #5,016.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,016 |
| Best rank | #3,823 (2021) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #6,696 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Esmerelda alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Esmerelda were born in Texas than in any other state: about 48 of those alive today.
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