Essam — #6610 US boys' name
134 babies named Essam in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 54% of names given to boys today.
45% of everyone ever named Essam was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Essam in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Essam
The Social Security Administration has registered 134 babies named Essam between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Essam currently holds the #6610 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Essam performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 60 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Essam shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Essam 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 134 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.
Essam at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Essam popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1990
- Peak year (2015)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
Currently ranks #6610 among boys.
134 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 13 births in a single year.
Essam by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 60 births that decade — 45% of Essam's all-time total
Essam decade highlights
- Peak decade 60 births
- Runner-up 35 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Essam's strongest decade
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% 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, 1990–2024 (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.