Esperanza

Girl · recorded 1903–2025

  • #1,207in 2025
  • 1 in 8,549girls in 2025
  • −30%last ten years
  • 3.4×in Arizona

Most popular in 2000. Quieter now: down 30% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1903

013827519031934196419952025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 122 recorded years as a table
Esperanza, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190323
190521
190617
190728
190836
190920
191033
191133
191236
191348
191453
191555
191648
191757
191865
191985
192096
192193
192293
1923129
1924139
1925151
1926170
1927159
1928198
1929196
1930150
1931159
1932134
1933137
1934147
1935118
1936134
1937104
1938112
1939105
1940129
194195
1942101
1943104
1944124
1945137
1946114
1947104
1948117
194989
195097
195198
195290
195389
195482
195574
195651
195774
195860
195971
196067
196166
196271
196360
196477
196568
196661
196771
196860
196972
197059
197166
197287
197386
1974101
197592
197688
197784
197897
197999
198083
198198
198289
198375
198472
198564
198668
198776
198863
198972
199083
199187
199278
199397
1994102
1995121
1996165
1997182
1998179
1999227
2000275
2001253
2002235
2003217
2004191
2005196
2006222
2007183
2008146
2009151
2010152
2011168
2012136
2013142
2014144
2015167
2016149
2017160
2018156
2019162
2020167
2021137
2022160
2023161
2024156
2025117

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Arizona 3.4×
  2. Texas 2.1×
  3. California 2.0×

More like it

More like Esperanza

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
188
Rank in 2025
#1,207
How rare
1 in 8,549 girls
Since 1903
20,849

Most popular in 2000, at 275 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 30% per million girls born.

Top 3 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Arizona3.4×42
Texas2.1×149
California2.0×140

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.