Esmeralda
A girls’ name of Spanish origin, meaning emerald; the precious green stone.
How Esmeralda has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #370 |
| 2016 | #378 |
| 2017 | #377 |
| 2018 | #377 |
| 2019 | #379 |
| 2020 | #394 |
| 2021 | #450 |
| 2022 | #371 |
| 2023 | #342 |
| 2024 | #350 |
| 2025 | #373 |
Esmeralda by the numbers
In 2025, 40 babies in England and Wales were named Esmeralda. In the US, 815 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 2,477 babies in 1998, making it a 1990s name.
At its height, in 2000, about 1 in 1,200 American girls born that year was called Esmeralda.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Esmeralda. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean green
Like Esmeralda, each of these has green in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Chloegreen shoot, blooming6,920 in the US (2017)
- Khloegreen shoot or verdant; a spelling variant of Chloe2,143 in the US (2017)
- Rayanwatered; verdant or irrigated land291 in England and Wales (2025)
- Denverfrom Denafær, green valley488 in the US (2017)
- Khloeegreen shoot or young plant; a form of Chloe79 in the US (2017)
- Kloegreen shoot, verdant; a spelling variant of Chloe66 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a stone or rock
Like Esmeralda, each of these has a stone or rock in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Harleyhare meadow or rocky meadow366 in England and Wales (2025)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
- Selahpause or rock; biblical term of uncertain significance693 in the US (2017)
- Loreleimurmuring rock; a Rhine river siren680 in the US (2017)
- Jewelprecious stone or ornament340 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Esmeralda
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