| Esperance | Capucine | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | hope | Nasturtium flower |
| Origin | french | French |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | es-peh-RAHNS | kah-poo-SEEN |
| Syllables | 3 | 3 |
| First appeared | 0 | 1961 |
| Peak year | 2025 (8) | 1965 (14) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Steady | Declining |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Esperance | Capucine |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 23 | 0 |
| 2000s | 0 | 8 |
| 1970s | 0 | 33 |
| 1960s | 0 | 66 |
| 1920s | 5 | 0 |
| 1910s | 5 | 0 |
A French (and Old French) name meaning 'hope', from Latin 'sperantia' / 'sperare' ('to hope'). It also saw some medieval English use as a virtue name.
Capucine is the French word for the nasturtium flower.
Esperance and Capucine are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Esperance means hope (french origin), while Capucine means Nasturtium flower (French origin).
In US records, Esperance first appears in 0 and Capucine in 1961, so Esperance has the longer recorded history.