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Esperanza

Gender

Female

Origin

Spanish
Hope

Syllables

4

Themes

  • Virtue

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Esperanza

Pronunciation

e-speran-za, es-pera-nza

Celebrity Babies

Daughter of Bob and Anna Sellers

More about the name

Esperanza is a Spanish feminine given name, meaning "hope" or "expectation".
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Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2002 (rank #10661, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2000 (rank #528, 497 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1207, 188 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–188
2024–249
2023–258
2022–260
2021–224
2020–270
2019–272
2018–265
2017–277
2016–264

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2013 (rank #3535, 6 births); most recent 2022 (rank #4643, 4 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
20224
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
20174
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 1965 (rank #550, 28 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2256, 12 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
202312
20229
20218
20204
20199
20185
20179
201610
201510
201413

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence