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How popular is “Esmeralda” in the USA?

Number of people named “Esmeralda” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Esmeralda” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Esmeralda” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Esmeralda” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Esmeralda” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Esmeralda” by birth year

This chart shows how “Esmeralda” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1911 5 0.000007761 5 100%
1917 7 0.000003488 7 100%
1918 9 0.000004145 9 100%
1919 7 0.000003317 7 100%
1920 7 0.000003094 7 100%
1921 6 0.00000257 6 100%
1923 6 0.000002606 6 100%
1924 8 0.000003359 8 100%
1925 20 0.000008572 20 100%
1926 14 0.000006098 14 100%
1927 9 0.00000388 9 100%
1928 11 0.000004865 11 100%
1929 16 0.000007299 16 100%
1930 17 0.000007646 17 100%
1931 7 0.000003326 7 100%
1932 8 0.000003789 8 100%
1933 5 0.000002501 5 100%
1934 16 0.000007704 16 100%
1935 8 0.000003828 8 100%
1936 8 0.000003851 8 100%
1937 16 0.000007509 16 100%
1938 13 0.000005876 13 100%
1939 14 0.000006354 14 100%
1940 10 0.000004343 10 100%
1941 21 0.000008619 21 100%
1942 24 0.000008785 24 100%
1943 25 0.000008857 25 100%
1944 27 0.000010037 27 100%
1945 35 0.000013193 35 100%
1946 38 0.000011892 38 100%
1947 36 0.000009994 36 100%
1948 54 0.000015641 54 100%
1949 66 0.00001894 66 100%
1950 67 0.000019125 67 100%
1951 94 0.000025518 94 100%
1952 112 0.000029489 112 100%
1953 98 0.00002543 98 100%
1954 121 0.000030397 121 100%
1955 111 0.000027646 111 100%
1956 98 0.000023769 98 100%
1957 122 0.000029033 122 100%
1958 131 0.000031689 131 100%
1959 138 0.000033189 138 100%
1960 168 0.000040445 168 100%
1961 171 0.000041281 171 100%
1962 163 0.000040393 163 100%
1963 146 0.000036885 146 100%
1964 174 0.000044758 174 100%
1965 157 0.000043305 157 100%
1966 176 0.000050638 176 100%
1967 148 0.000043595 148 100%
1968 159 0.000047064 159 100%
1969 153 0.000044025 153 100%
1970 221 0.000061278 221 100%
1971 199 0.000057978 199 100%
1972 261 0.000083042 261 100%
1973 456 0.000151149 450 6 97%
1974 389 0.000127961 389 100%
1975 446 0.000147712 440 6 97%
1976 480 0.000158191 480 100%
1977 478 0.00015048 471 7 97%
1978 485 0.00015281 477 8 97%
1979 510 0.000153291 510 100%
1980 527 0.000152997 520 7 97%
1981 521 0.000150605 515 6 98%
1982 531 0.00015137 518 13 95%
1983 441 0.000127334 441 100%
1984 399 0.000114367 392 7 96%
1985 424 0.000118797 418 6 97%
1986 470 0.000132131 465 5 98%
1987 490 0.000135899 485 5 98%
1988 481 0.000130174 475 6 98%
1989 562 0.000146185 555 7 98%
1990 610 0.000154334 601 9 97%
1991 617 0.000158397 611 6 98%
1992 645 0.000167913 631 14 96%
1993 704 0.000186724 698 6 98%
1994 695 0.000186946 688 7 98%
1995 663 0.000181041 657 6 98%
1996 768 0.000210573 768 100%
1997 1400 0.000386127 1393 7 99%
1998 2484 0.000675329 2477 7 99%
1999 1771 0.000479443 1765 6 99%
2000 1646 0.000435461 1641 5 99%
2001 1626 0.000434366 1621 5 99%
2002 1598 0.000427468 1598 100%
2003 1660 0.000436576 1652 8 99%
2004 1618 0.000423458 1613 5 99%
2005 1618 0.000420823 1618 100%
2006 1538 0.000388758 1538 100%
2007 1745 0.000436503 1745 100%
2008 1340 0.000340909 1340 100%
2009 1113 0.000291348 1113 100%
2010 1167 0.000315769 1167 100%
2011 945 0.000258353 945 100%
2012 882 0.000241157 882 100%
2013 786 0.000215598 786 100%
2014 867 0.000233921 867 100%
2015 883 0.00023859 883 100%
2016 869 0.000236869 869 100%
2017 821 0.000229574 821 100%
2018 832 0.000236639 832 100%
2019 825 0.000237688 825 100%
2020 790 0.000236486 790 100%
2021 695 0.000205139 695 100%
2022 853 0.000252133 853 100%
2023 907 0.000273919 907 100%
2024 891 0.000267688 891 100%

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