Over the past 110 years, 35 boys and 44 520 girls have been named Esmeralda. The name Esmeralda ranks 7782th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Esmeralda in 1981. The peak of popularity of the name Esmeralda came in the 1980s and 1990s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.