Girl
Esmeralda
As a girl's name, Esmeralda is understood to mean "emerald". It has been climbing steadily, peaking most recently in the 2000s. Today, it is comfortably in the mainstream in the registry. Few names stick around this long: it shows up across almost the entire twelve-decade span this registry covers.
SpanishSpanish
EtymologyMeaning "emerald"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
28
1920s
97
1930s
112
1940s
336
1950s
1,093
1960s
1,615
1970s
3,924
1980s
4,845
1990s
10,353
2000s
15,496
2010s
7,202
Peaked in the 2000s · 45,101 total U.S. births since 1900