Feminine dossier · first seen 1903

Esperanza

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Esperanza
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2000

Peak rank proxy

499

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1903Peak 20002024

Peak year

2000

Decline from peak

50.1%

2024

249

All-time

20,654

Esperanza has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2000, when 499 girls were named Esperanza.

In 2024, only 249 girls were given the name.

Down 50.1% from its peak.

All told, about 20,654 Americans have been named Esperanza and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1903.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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