Espyn — #8850 US unisex name
137 babies named Espyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2014, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 50% of names given to girls today.
65% of everyone ever named Espyn was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Espyn in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Espyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 137 babies named Espyn between 2014 and 2024, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Espyn currently holds the #8850 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 21 babies received it in a single year. Espyn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 7 additional births since 2005.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Espyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Espyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Espyn 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 137 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.
Espyn at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Espyn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2014
- Peak year (2017)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
Currently ranks #8850 among girls.
137 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 21 births in a single year.
Espyn popularity over time — boys
7 total births recorded since 2005 (Espyn as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Espyn accounts for 5% of total recorded use across both genders.
Espyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 89 births that decade — 65% of Espyn's all-time total
Espyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 89 births
- Runner-up 48 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Espyn's strongest decade
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% 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, 2014–2024 (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.