How Many People Are Named Esperanza?
people named Esperanza are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 20,933 people in the US has this name
Based on 20,884 babies named Esperanza in Social Security records from 1903 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
499 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Spanish form of the Late Latin name Sperantia which was derived from sperare "to hope".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Esperanza (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Esperanza alive today is about 34 years old, and 56% are under 30. Half of them were between 15 and 51 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Esperanza first appears in the records in 1903 and was given most often in 2000, to 499 babies. In 2025, 188 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1903 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Esperanza has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #446, in 1929. In 2025 it ranked #1,209.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,209 |
| Best rank | #446 (1929) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #715 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Esperanza alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Esperanza were born in California than in any other state: about 4,439 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Esperanza was given 9.3 times as often in New Mexico, 4.6 times in Arizona and 4.6 times in Texas.
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