Esperanza
A girls’ name of Spanish origin, meaning hope.
Babies a year
270
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
How Esperanza has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #921 |
| 2016 | #999 |
| 2017 | #957 |
| 2018 | #991 |
| 2019 | #966 |
| 2020 | #950 |
| 2023 | #989 |
Esperanza by the numbers
Esperanza was given to 270 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 499 babies in 2000, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Esperanza. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean hope
Like Esperanza, each of these has hope in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Hopeexpectation; desire for good things276 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nadiahope; from nadezhda777 in the US (2017)
- Amalhope or aspiration278 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ashahope, desire, wish212 in the US (2017)
- Nadinehope; from the Russian Nadezhda177 in the US (2017)
- Nadyahope; a form of Nadezhda49 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Esperanza
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