Recorded 1881–1940 Girls' name Peak 1914 251 births

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.

1880s221890s541900s301910s731920s551930s121940s5
1910s
Peak decade

29% of everyone ever named Epsie was born in this single decade.

1914
Single peak year

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 1940

Total births

251

Since 1881

60 years of records

Peak year

1914

15 births that year

Strongest decade: 1910s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1940

Active since

1881

Recorded for 60 years

Last year on file: 1940

Epsie popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1940–1881

Last recorded 1940
Peak year (1914)
15
Annual births at peak — across 60 years of records
05101520 19401926191919131904189618911881 5

Epsie by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1910s
Peak decade
1910s
73 births that decade — 29% of Epsie's all-time total
1880s221890s541900s301910s731920s551930s121940s5

Epsie by state

Where Epsie concentrates geographically — total births since 1881

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Epsie
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Georgia
5 2.0%
Georgia share of Epsie's total US births 2.0%

5 of 251 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Epsie?
251 babies have been named Epsie since 1881. It was last recorded in 1940. The peak year was 1914 with 15 births.
When was Epsie most popular?
Epsie was most popular in the 1910s decade with 73 total births. The single peak year was 1914.
Where is Epsie most popular?
The top states for the name Epsie are Georgia (5 births).
How long has the name Epsie been used?
Epsie has been recorded in Social Security data since 1881, spanning 60 years of data through 1940.

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.