Esperanza is an established girls' name that peaked in 2000 and has grown less common since.
Esperanza is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,209 for girl births in the United States (and #2,305 across all names), given to 188 babies. Esperanza was first reported in SSA data in 1903 and peaked in 2000 (499 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 188 | 188 | #1,209 | — |
| 2024 | 252 | 252 | #1,013 | — |
| 2023 | 258 | 258 | #992 | — |
| 2022 | 262 | 262 | #998 | — |
| 2021 | 224 | 224 | #1,105 | — |
| 2020 | 270 | 270 | #949 | — |
| 2019 | 272 | 272 | #966 | — |
| 2018 | 265 | 265 | #991 | — |
| 2017 | 277 | 277 | #955 | — |
| 2016 | 264 | 264 | #999 | — |
| 2015 | 298 | 298 | #922 | — |
| 2014 | 258 | 258 | #1,013 | — |
| 2013 | 249 | 249 | #1,004 | — |
| 2012 | 240 | 240 | #1,050 | — |
| 2011 | 296 | 296 | #884 | — |
| 2010 | 271 | 271 | #949 | — |
| 2009 | 278 | 278 | #962 | — |
| 2008 | 277 | 277 | #968 | — |
| 2007 | 351 | 351 | #819 | — |
| 2006 | 422 | 422 | #676 | — |
| 2005 | 363 | 363 | #742 | — |
| 2004 | 350 | 350 | #749 | — |
| 2003 | 396 | 396 | #668 | — |
| 2002 | 428 | 428 | #606 | #11,235 |
| 2001 | 455 | 455 | #568 | — |
| 2000 | 499 | 499 | #528 | — |
| 1999 | 402 | 402 | #605 | — |
| 1998 | 316 | 316 | #700 | — |
| 1997 | 316 | — | #684 | — |
| 1996 | 289 | — | #725 | — |
| 1995 | 213 | — | #890 | — |
| 1994 | 182 | — | #1,019 | — |
| 1993 | 176 | — | #1,045 | — |
| 1992 | 144 | — | #1,210 | — |
| 1991 | 163 | — | #1,103 | — |
| 1990 | 158 | — | #1,105 | — |
| 1989 | 132 | — | #1,221 | — |
| 1988 | 112 | — | #1,295 | — |
| 1987 | 132 | — | #1,129 | — |
| 1986 | 117 | — | #1,199 | — |
| 1985 | 115 | — | #1,244 | #6,871 |
| 1984 | 122 | — | #1,127 | — |
| 1983 | 125 | — | #1,098 | — |
| 1982 | 150 | — | #985 | — |
| 1981 | 169 | — | #914 | #6,584 |
| 1980 | 138 | — | #1,035 | — |
| 1979 | 159 | — | #924 | — |
| 1978 | 148 | — | #949 | — |
| 1977 | 129 | — | #1,032 | — |
| 1976 | 129 | — | #989 | — |
| 1975 | 134 | — | #944 | — |
| 1974 | 148 | — | #877 | — |
| 1973 | 125 | — | #959 | — |
| 1972 | 132 | — | #931 | — |
| 1971 | 109 | — | #1,100 | — |
| 1970 | 104 | — | #1,129 | — |
| 1969 | 121 | — | #976 | — |
| 1968 | 99 | — | #1,059 | — |
| 1967 | 118 | — | #941 | — |
| 1966 | 103 | — | #1,018 | — |
| 1965 | 120 | — | #925 | — |
| 1964 | 146 | — | #862 | — |
| 1963 | 116 | — | #990 | — |
| 1962 | 140 | — | #893 | — |
| 1961 | 133 | — | #931 | — |
| 1960 | 136 | — | #904 | — |
| 1959 | 143 | — | #854 | — |
| 1958 | 121 | — | #938 | — |
| 1957 | 152 | — | #824 | — |
| 1956 | 103 | — | #1,008 | — |
| 1955 | 144 | — | #806 | — |
| 1954 | 160 | — | #730 | — |
| 1953 | 167 | — | #710 | — |
| 1952 | 166 | — | #692 | — |
| 1951 | 177 | — | #651 | — |
| 1950 | 167 | — | #659 | — |
| 1949 | 153 | — | #676 | — |
| 1948 | 199 | — | #592 | — |
| 1947 | 184 | — | #619 | — |
| 1946 | 179 | — | #595 | — |
| 1945 | 179 | — | #548 | — |
| 1944 | 164 | — | #571 | — |
| 1943 | 145 | — | #631 | — |
| 1942 | 137 | — | #639 | — |
| 1941 | 115 | — | #661 | — |
| 1940 | 147 | — | #576 | — |
| 1939 | 115 | — | #635 | — |
| 1938 | 124 | — | #613 | — |
| 1937 | 111 | — | #644 | — |
| 1936 | 139 | — | #552 | — |
| 1935 | 124 | — | #580 | — |
| 1934 | 153 | — | #524 | — |
| 1933 | 138 | — | #542 | — |
| 1932 | 143 | — | #546 | — |
| 1931 | 174 | — | #495 | #3,954 |
| 1930 | 169 | — | #518 | — |
| 1929 | 219 | — | #446 | — |
| 1928 | 233 | — | #453 | #4,349 |
| 1927 | 190 | — | #509 | — |
| 1926 | 207 | — | #491 | #4,419 |
| 1925 | 184 | — | #524 | — |
| 1924 | 174 | — | #555 | — |
| 1923 | 161 | — | #577 | #4,436 |
| 1922 | 112 | — | #693 | — |
| 1921 | 115 | — | #691 | — |
| 1920 | 115 | — | #677 | — |
| 1919 | 96 | — | #712 | — |
| 1918 | 75 | — | #826 | — |
| 1917 | 62 | — | #881 | — |
| 1916 | 50 | — | #965 | — |
| 1915 | 54 | — | #896 | — |
| 1914 | 40 | — | #934 | — |
| 1913 | 30 | — | #987 | — |
| 1912 | 20 | — | #1,188 | — |
| 1911 | 14 | — | #1,261 | — |
| 1910 | 13 | — | #1,285 | — |
| 1909 | 7 | — | #1,831 | — |
| 1908 | 12 | — | #1,225 | — |
| 1907 | 9 | — | #1,431 | — |
| 1906 | 5 | — | #2,044 | — |
| 1905 | 6 | — | #1,773 | — |
| 1903 | 6 | — | #1,664 | — |