Esperanza
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Esperanza
Esperanza is a Spanish classic that's found its way onto the national popularity list in recent years. It came into the spotlight not long ago when jazz singer Esperanza Spalding "stole" the Best New Artist Grammy from favorite Justin Bieber. It's also the name of the main character in the novel The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, about a young Latina growing up in Chicago.
Esperanza is also given to boys.
Pronounced es-puh-RAHN-zuh.
As of October 2026, Esperanza ranked #11234 in US births in 2002 SSA, peaked at #3954 in 1931.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #1,013 | 258 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #921 | 298 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #999 | 264 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #954 | 277 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | #991 | 265 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #966 | 272 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | #949 | 270 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | #1,104 | 224 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | #1,004 | 260 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | #990 | 258 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | #1,017 | 249 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | #1,209 | 188 |
World rankings
Esperanza for girls
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Esperanza on lists
Famous Esperanzas
- Esperanza Emily SpaldingGirl
American jazz singer
- Esperanza Baur DíazGirl
Mexican actress; second wife of actor John Wayne
- Esperanza Aguirre (y Gil de Biedma)Girl
Countess of Murillo and Bornos, Grandee of Spain, Spanish politician; former President of Madrid
- Esperanza Escolar LimjapGirl
Osmeña, First Lady of the Philippines as wife of President Sergio Osmeña
- Esperanza López MateosGirl
Mexican translator and political activist
- Esperanza Alcantara IcasasGirl
Cabral, Filipina politician
- Esperanza Fuentes RoyGirl
Spanish actress
- Esperanza GuisánGirl
Spanish philosopher
- Esperanza MartínezGirl
Mexican painter
- Esperanza "Hope" AndradeGirl
American politician from Texas
Esperanza in pop culture
- Esperanza OrtegaGirl
main character in "Esperanza Rising" by Pam Munoz Ryan
- Camp EsperanzaGirl
the impromptu camp in Chile where rescue workers and families worked and prayed together to save 33 miners from a 2010 collapse
- Esperanza ValdezGirl
mother of main character Leo Valdez in the 'Heroes of Olympus' book series by Rick Riordan
- Esperanza CorderoGirl
main character in "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros
- "EsperanzaGirl
" song by Enrique Iglesias
- Esperanza de la VegaGirl
wife of Zorro in "The Mask of Zorro"
- EsperanzaGirl
mother of Spirit in animated movie "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron"
- Esperanza EstreraGirl
main character in Filipino TV series "Esperanza"
- Esperanza "Hope" Roberta Two TwoGirl
character in the novel "The Bean Trees" by Barbara Kingsolver
- "Esperanza del CorazónGirl
" Mexican telenovela