Esperanza
Girl · es-peh-RAHN-sa · Spanish
Esperanza is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “hope”. In 2025 it ranked 1,207th for girls in the US (188 babies).
What does Esperanza mean?
Spanish: Spanish word
“hope”
Esperanza Cordero narrates Sandra Cisneros's novel The House on Mango Street (1984).
- Say it
- es-peh-RAHN-sa
Is Esperanza a girl's or a boy's name?
Esperanza is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 188 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Esperanza in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,207among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 188about 1 in 8,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 188 girls in the US were named Esperanza, making it the 1,207th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 947th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 499 girls. It first appears in the records in 1903.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Esperanza than any year since 1994.
Half of all the girls named Esperanza in the US since 1880 were born between 1950 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Esperanza in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 188 | #1,207 |
| 2024 | 252 | #1,013 |
| 2023 | 258 | #989 |
| 2022 | 262 | #997 |
| 2021 | 224 | #1,103 |
| 2020 | 270 | #947 |
| 2019 | 272 | #965 |
| 2018 | 265 | #990 |
| 2017 | 277 | #952 |
| 2016 | 264 | #999 |
| 2015 | 298 | #921 |
| 2014 | 258 | #1,011 |
| 2013 | 249 | #1,003 |
| 2012 | 240 | #1,050 |
| 2011 | 296 | #884 |
| 2010 | 271 | #948 |
| 2009 | 278 | #961 |
| 2008 | 277 | #968 |
| 2007 | 351 | #819 |
| 2006 | 422 | #676 |
| 2005 | 363 | #741 |
| 2004 | 350 | #749 |
| 2003 | 396 | #668 |
| 2002 | 423 | #605 |
| 2001 | 455 | #567 |
| 2000 | 499 | #528 |
| 1999 | 402 | #605 |
| 1998 | 316 | #700 |
| 1997 | 316 | #682 |
| 1996 | 289 | #725 |
| 1995 | 213 | #886 |
| 1994 | 182 | #1,017 |
| 1993 | 176 | #1,042 |
| 1992 | 144 | #1,205 |
| 1991 | 163 | #1,100 |
| 1990 | 158 | #1,101 |
| 1989 | 132 | #1,217 |
| 1988 | 112 | #1,291 |
| 1987 | 132 | #1,128 |
| 1986 | 117 | #1,199 |
| 1985 | 110 | #1,239 |
| 1984 | 122 | #1,126 |
| 1983 | 125 | #1,096 |
| 1982 | 150 | #985 |
| 1981 | 164 | #912 |
| 1980 | 138 | #1,034 |
| 1979 | 159 | #923 |
| 1978 | 148 | #949 |
| 1977 | 129 | #1,031 |
| 1976 | 129 | #988 |
| 1975 | 134 | #943 |
| 1974 | 148 | #876 |
| 1973 | 125 | #958 |
| 1972 | 132 | #928 |
| 1971 | 109 | #1,098 |
| 1970 | 104 | #1,126 |
| 1969 | 121 | #975 |
| 1968 | 99 | #1,056 |
| 1967 | 118 | #941 |
| 1966 | 103 | #1,017 |
| 1965 | 120 | #922 |
| 1964 | 146 | #861 |
| 1963 | 116 | #990 |
| 1962 | 140 | #893 |
| 1961 | 133 | #929 |
| 1960 | 136 | #904 |
| 1959 | 143 | #853 |
| 1958 | 121 | #936 |
| 1957 | 152 | #820 |
| 1956 | 103 | #1,006 |
| 1955 | 144 | #803 |
| 1954 | 160 | #729 |
| 1953 | 167 | #707 |
| 1952 | 166 | #690 |
| 1951 | 177 | #650 |
| 1950 | 167 | #658 |
| 1949 | 153 | #674 |
| 1948 | 199 | #589 |
| 1947 | 184 | #617 |
| 1946 | 179 | #595 |
| 1945 | 179 | #547 |
| 1944 | 164 | #571 |
| 1943 | 145 | #631 |
| 1942 | 137 | #639 |
| 1941 | 115 | #661 |
| 1940 | 147 | #575 |
| 1939 | 115 | #633 |
| 1938 | 124 | #613 |
| 1937 | 111 | #643 |
| 1936 | 139 | #552 |
| 1935 | 124 | #578 |
| 1934 | 153 | #523 |
| 1933 | 138 | #541 |
| 1932 | 143 | #545 |
| 1931 | 169 | #495 |
| 1930 | 169 | #518 |
| 1929 | 219 | #446 |
| 1928 | 228 | #453 |
| 1927 | 190 | #509 |
| 1926 | 202 | #491 |
| 1925 | 184 | #523 |
| 1924 | 174 | #553 |
| 1923 | 156 | #574 |
| 1922 | 112 | #692 |
| 1921 | 115 | #690 |
| 1920 | 115 | #676 |
| 1919 | 96 | #712 |
| 1918 | 75 | #825 |
| 1917 | 62 | #879 |
| 1916 | 50 | #964 |
| 1915 | 54 | #892 |
| 1914 | 40 | #932 |
| 1913 | 30 | #981 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,178 |
| 1911 | 14 | #1,241 |
| 1910 | 13 | #1,267 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,763 |
| 1908 | 12 | #1,203 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,384 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,951 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,695 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,592 |
Nicknames for Esperanza
- Espe
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