first name
ESPERANZA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 36,013 people named Esperanza, 94% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 3.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.4% as White. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Esperanza peaked in 2000, when 499 babies got the name.
At least 20,884 babies have been given the name since 1903. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Esperanza by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #995. The largest share of babies named Esperanza, 27.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Esperanza is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Esperanza has been most common in New Mexico (8.8×), Arizona (5.1×), and Texas (5×), and least common in Virginia (0.08×).
17,702 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Esperanza
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Esperanza, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Esperanza ranks #20,959 of 156,621, with 1,275 people. See Esperanza as a last name
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