Espn — boys' name
173 babies named Espn in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Espn was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Espn in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Espn
The Social Security Administration has registered 173 babies named Espn between 2004 and 2021, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Espn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 19 babies received it in a single year. Espn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 55 additional births since 2015.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Espn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Espn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Espn 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 173 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.
Espn at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Espn popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2004
- Peak year (2006)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
173 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 19 births in a single year.
Espn popularity over time — girls
55 total births recorded since 2015 (Espn as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Espn accounts for 24% of total recorded use across both genders.
Espn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 89 births that decade — 51% of Espn's all-time total
Espn decade highlights
- Peak decade 89 births
- Runner-up 78 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Espn's strongest decade
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% 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, 2004–2021 (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.