How Many People Are Named Esperanza Ochoa?
There are approximately 4 people named Esperanza Ochoa living in the United States today. That makes this name combination very rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 85,688,585 Americans.
This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Esperanza with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Ochoa. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.
Estimated People with This Name
4
1 in 85,688,585 Americans
Combination Rarity
Very Rare
First Name
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Last Name
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Esperanza: Popularity Over Time
Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Esperanza. The peak year was 2000 with 499 births. The average person named Esperanza today is 34 years old.
Ancestry of the First Name Esperanza
In the 2020 Census, the first name Esperanza was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Hispanic (94.01%). The next largest recorded groups were Asian and Pacific Islander (3.44%) and White (1.44%).
These percentages describe the people who had the first name Esperanza in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.
Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Esperanza rose or fell over time.
Ancestry of the Ochoa Surname
The surname Ochoa was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Hispanic in the 2020 Census.
This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Ochoa in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.
How we calculated this
The first name "Esperanza" has an estimated frequency of < 0.0001% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.
The surname "Ochoa" appears at a rate of 26.07 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.
We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Esperanza are likely to be alive now.
Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 4 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.
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Esperanza Ochoa: Questions and Answers
How many people are named Esperanza Ochoa?
We estimate approximately 4 people named Esperanza Ochoa are alive in the United States today. The first name Esperanza is shared by 15,431 Americans, and the surname Ochoa is shared by 89,365.
How rare is the name Esperanza Ochoa?
This name combination is classified as Very Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 85,688,585 Americans. The first name Esperanza is uncommon and the surname Ochoa is uncommon.
Is Esperanza a male or female name?
Esperanza is predominantly female, with 0.2% of bearers being male and 99.8% female. It peaked in popularity in 2000 and the average bearer today is 34 years old.
What does the Census say about the first name Esperanza?
In the 2020 Census, the first name Esperanza was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Hispanic (94.01%). The next largest recorded groups were Asian and Pacific Islander (3.44%) and White (1.44%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.
Where does this data come from?
First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.
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