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Esmeralda

“Emerald” — Spanish, Portuguese origin

Girl's name · #373 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Esmeralda has appeared in US records since 1911 — best rank #133 (1998) · 51,571 babies named Esmeralda all-time · 1 in 2,000 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: #94 in Puerto Rico (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 37 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Esmeraldas

• Esmeralda Pimentel — American Mexican actress and model
• Esmeralda Mallada — Uruguayan astronomer and professor
• Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia — Brazilian sprinter, long and triple jumper
• Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid — Colombian politician, suffragist
• Esmeralda Athanasiu-Gardeev — Romanian composer

In stories & tradition

• Esmeralda — The Hunchback of Notre Dame

What Esmeraldas become

Among 118 notable people named Esmeralda:

Artists & writers appear 1.69× more often than among typical names — e.g. Esmeralda Athanasiu-Gardeev, Romanian composer.

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