Ezmeralda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ez-meh-RAL-duh
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Ezmeralda is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “emerald”. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Ezmeralda mean?
Spanish: spelling of Esmeralda
“emerald”
A spelling of Esmeralda, the heroine of Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.
Is Ezmeralda a girl's or a boy's name?
Ezmeralda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ezmeralda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,115th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Ezmeralda, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Ezmeralda in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ezmeralda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,635 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,693 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,283 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
Nicknames for Ezmeralda
Names like Ezmeralda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ximena, Solana, Azucena, Xiomara, Dulce, Alora, Mariposa, Luciana, Ariana, Montserrat, Analucia, Amaria
Names related to Ezmeralda
More Spanish names
Santiago, Lola, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Javier, Amayah, Reina, Cesar, Sierra, Paloma
Sources
Figures from 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, “Ezmeralda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ezmeralda, updated 20 October 2026.