How popular is the name Esperanza?

Esperanza ranks 915th among girls' names in US records, with 20,689 births since 1903. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,637.

Is Esperanza a unisex name?

No. Esperanza is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2000, when 499 children were given the name. It has been in use for 122 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#915 of girl names

Pronounced EH1 S P ER0 AE1 N Z AH0 (ARPABET)

Esperanza is a girls' name, and first appears in 1903. It has been given to 20,689 children — the 915th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2000, when 499 children were given it.

2000Girls: 499Boys: 0

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Esperanza?: Esperanza ranks 915th among girls' names in US records, with 20,689 births since 1903. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,637.
Is Esperanza a unisex name?: No. Esperanza is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Esperanza most popular?: 2000, when 499 children were given the name. It has been in use for 122 years and is still recorded as of 2024.