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Esmeralda
Pronounced /ɛzməˈɹɑːldə/
Rank in 2024
#349
Born in 2024
891
Peak year
1998 · #133
Origin
Spanish
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 891 girls were named Esmeralda, about 1 in every 1,811.
- It peaked in 1998 with 2,477 babies, ranked #133.
- It first shows up in the records in 1911.
- 50,743 girls have been named Esmeralda since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Esmeralda per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.2Gen X1965–80
- 0.3Millennials1981–96
- 0.8Gen Z1997–12
- 0.5Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 98 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 281 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,108 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen X: 5,211 babies, 0.20 per 1,000. Millennials: 8,918 babies, 0.32 per 1,000. Gen Z: 24,108 babies, 0.83 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 10,019 babies, 0.49 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Spanish esmeralda (“emerald”), as first used in the novel Notre-Dame de Paris (1831) by Victor Hugo.
- A female given name from Spanish.
- Origin
- Spanish
- Say it
- /ɛzməˈɹɑːldə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Esmeralda, CC BY-SA 4.0.