Espie — boys' name
17 babies named Espie in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Espie was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Espie in 1919 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Espie
The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Espie between 1915 and 1919, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Espie currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1919. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Espie is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 7 additional births since 1922.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Espie performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Espie 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 17 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.
Espie at a glance
Last recorded 1919Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Espie popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–1915
- Peak year (1919)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 5 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1919.
17 total births across 5 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1919 with 7 births in a single year.
Espie popularity over time — girls
7 total births recorded since 1922 (Espie as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Espie accounts for 29% of total recorded use across both genders.
Espie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 17 births that decade — 100% of Espie's all-time total
Espie decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Espie's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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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, 1915–1919 (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.