Esmeralda Girl
How popular is Esmeralda?
#373 girl name in 2025
823 baby girls were named Esmeralda in the US in 2025, making it the 373rd most popular girl name.
Esmeralda popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #373 for girls (▼ 23 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 823 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-7% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #370 in 2015, #394 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1998 (2,477 girls) |
| Highest rank | #133 in 1998 |
| First recorded | 1911 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Esmeralda counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Esmeralda family of names ranked #375 for girls in 2025 (#353 the year before), with 842 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Esmeralda | 823 | 98% |
| Ezmeralda | 19 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Esmeralda is most popular
Babies named Esmeralda per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Nevada: 1.9 per 1,000 (87 girls)
- New Mexico: 1.8 per 1,000 (44 girls)
- Arizona: 1.5 per 1,000 (207 girls)
- California: 1.3 per 1,000 (1,052 girls)
- Colorado: 0.9 per 1,000 (102 girls)
Esmeralda by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 28 | #2,463 |
| 1920s | 97 | #1,945 |
| 1930s | 112 | #1,999 |
| 1940s | 336 | #1,108 |
| 1950s | 1,092 | #864 |
| 1960s | 1,615 | #742 |
| 1970s | 3,898 | #416 |
| 1980s | 4,783 | #420 |
| 1990s | 10,288 | #133 |
| 2000s | 15,479 | #191 |
| 2010s | 8,879 | #283 |
| 2020s | 4,964 | #342 |
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Questions
- Is Esmeralda a boy or girl name?
- Esmeralda is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Esmeralda were girls.
- How popular is the name Esmeralda?
- 823 baby girls were named Esmeralda in the US in 2025, making it the 373rd most popular girl name.
- When was Esmeralda most popular?
- Esmeralda peaked in 1998, when 2,477 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #133 in 1998.
- How many people are named Esmeralda?
- 51,751 babies have been named Esmeralda in the US since 1880. We estimate about 50,352 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 24.
- Where is Esmeralda most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Esmeralda was most common in Nevada, at 1.9 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.