Esmerelda
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Spanish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,986 for girls
Esmerelda is a girls' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
What does Esmerelda mean?
Spanish
A female given name from Spanish.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Esmerelda a girl's or a boy's name?
Esmerelda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 26 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Esmerelda in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Esmerelda, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 27 girls.
Half of all the girls named Esmerelda in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Esmerelda in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2021 | 27 | #1,295 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
How popular is Esmerelda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,986th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26 about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Esmerelda, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 39 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Esmerelda in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Esmerelda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 34 | #4,206 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,996 |
| 2022 | 27 | #4,904 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,800 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 25 | #5,189 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,283 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,108 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
Names like Esmerelda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ariana, Eliana, Esme, Aria, Alora, Lucia, Dua, Ariella, Amara, Sophia, Lola, Arabella
Names related to Esmerelda
More Spanish names
Santiago, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Amayah, Reina, Cesar, Sierra, Paloma
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Esmerelda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/esmerelda, updated 20 October 2026.