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How popular is “Esperanza” in the USA?

Number of people named “Esperanza” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Esperanza” 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 “Esperanza” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Esperanza” by birth year

This chart shows how “Esperanza” 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
1903 6 0.00001574 6 100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 100%
1906 5 0.00001167 5 100%
1907 9 0.000019339 9 100%
1908 12 0.000024558 12 100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 100%
1910 13 0.000022007 13 100%
1911 14 0.00002173 14 100%
1912 20 0.000020242 20 100%
1913 30 0.000026383 30 100%
1914 40 0.000028242 40 100%
1915 54 0.000029469 54 100%
1916 50 0.000025848 50 100%
1917 62 0.000030896 62 100%
1918 75 0.000034545 75 100%
1919 96 0.000045492 96 100%
1920 115 0.000050826 115 100%
1921 115 0.000049261 115 100%
1922 112 0.000048926 112 100%
1923 161 0.000069925 156 5 94%
1924 174 0.00007306 174 100%
1925 184 0.000078858 184 100%
1926 207 0.000090161 202 5 95%
1927 190 0.000081919 190 100%
1928 233 0.000103055 228 5 96%
1929 219 0.000099901 219 100%
1930 169 0.000076014 169 100%
1931 174 0.000082684 169 5 94%
1932 143 0.000067731 143 100%
1933 138 0.000069019 138 100%
1934 153 0.00007367 153 100%
1935 124 0.000059333 124 100%
1936 139 0.000066905 139 100%
1937 111 0.000052096 111 100%
1938 124 0.000056043 124 100%
1939 115 0.000052191 115 100%
1940 147 0.000063839 147 100%
1941 115 0.0000472 115 100%
1942 137 0.00005015 137 100%
1943 145 0.000051372 145 100%
1944 164 0.000060965 164 100%
1945 179 0.000067473 179 100%
1946 179 0.00005602 179 100%
1947 184 0.000051078 184 100%
1948 199 0.000057639 199 100%
1949 153 0.000043905 153 100%
1950 167 0.000047669 167 100%
1951 177 0.000048049 177 100%
1952 166 0.000043707 166 100%
1953 167 0.000043336 167 100%
1954 160 0.000040194 160 100%
1955 144 0.000035865 144 100%
1956 103 0.000024982 103 100%
1957 152 0.000036172 152 100%
1958 121 0.00002927 121 100%
1959 143 0.000034392 143 100%
1960 136 0.000032741 136 100%
1961 133 0.000032108 133 100%
1962 140 0.000034693 140 100%
1963 115 0.000029054 115 100%
1964 146 0.000037555 146 100%
1965 120 0.000033099 120 100%
1966 103 0.000029635 103 100%
1967 118 0.000034758 118 100%
1968 99 0.000029304 99 100%
1969 121 0.000034817 121 100%
1970 104 0.000028837 104 100%
1971 109 0.000031757 109 100%
1972 132 0.000041998 132 100%
1973 125 0.000041433 125 100%
1974 148 0.000048684 148 100%
1975 134 0.00004438 134 100%
1976 129 0.000042514 129 100%
1977 129 0.000040611 129 100%
1978 148 0.000046631 148 100%
1979 159 0.000047791 159 100%
1980 138 0.000040064 138 100%
1981 169 0.000048853 164 5 94%
1982 150 0.00004276 150 100%
1983 125 0.000036092 125 100%
1984 122 0.000034969 122 100%
1985 115 0.000032221 110 5 91%
1986 117 0.000032892 117 100%
1987 132 0.00003661 132 100%
1988 112 0.000030311 112 100%
1989 132 0.000034335 132 100%
1990 158 0.000039975 158 100%
1991 163 0.000041846 163 100%
1992 144 0.000037488 144 100%
1993 176 0.000046681 176 100%
1994 182 0.000048956 182 100%
1995 213 0.000058162 213 100%
1996 289 0.000079239 289 100%
1997 316 0.000087154 316 100%
1998 316 0.000085911 316 100%
1999 402 0.000108829 402 100%
2000 499 0.000132014 499 100%
2001 455 0.000121548 455 100%
2002 428 0.000114491 423 5 98%
2003 396 0.000104147 396 100%
2004 350 0.000091601 350 100%
2005 363 0.000094412 363 100%
2006 422 0.000106668 422 100%
2007 351 0.000087801 351 100%
2008 277 0.000070472 277 100%
2009 278 0.000072772 278 100%
2010 271 0.000073328 271 100%
2011 296 0.000080923 296 100%
2012 240 0.000065621 240 100%
2013 248 0.000068026 248 100%
2014 258 0.00006961 258 100%
2015 298 0.000080521 298 100%
2016 264 0.00007196 264 100%
2017 277 0.000077457 277 100%
2018 265 0.000075372 265 100%
2019 272 0.000078365 272 100%
2020 270 0.000080824 270 100%
2021 224 0.000066117 224 100%
2022 260 0.000076852 260 100%
2023 258 0.000077917 258 100%
2024 249 0.000074808 249 100%

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