Epsie — girls' name
251 babies named Epsie in U.S. Social Security records since 1881, with the highest year being 1914. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Epsie was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Epsie in 1914 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Epsie
The Social Security Administration has registered 251 babies named Epsie between 1881 and 1940, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Epsie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1940. The name reached its historical peak in 1914, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Epsie performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 73 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Epsie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Epsie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Epsie in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 251 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Epsie at a glance
Last recorded 1940Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Epsie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1940–1881
- Peak year (1914)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 60 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1940.
251 total births across 60 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1914 with 15 births in a single year.
Epsie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 73 births that decade — 29% of Epsie's all-time total
Epsie decade highlights
- Peak decade 73 births
- Runner-up 55 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Epsie's strongest decade
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Epsie by state
Where Epsie concentrates geographically — total births since 1881
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 2.0% |
5 of 251 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 2.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1881–1940 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.