Girls' name · since 1993
Essance
Since 1993, U.S. Social Security records show 170 babies named Essance, peaking in 1998. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,473 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 170
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Essance is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 170 have been recorded since 1993.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Essance has been recorded 170 times among girls since 1993, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2014.
- #21,473 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 170 born since 1993
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Essance ranks #21,473 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 170 born since 1993, peaking in the 2000s.
- #21,473 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 170
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Essance's 170 recorded births place it above 70.25% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Essance's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Essance's SSA record in two at 2003 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1994, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1998 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Essance popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2014
- Peak year (1998)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Essance by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (85 births, 50% of the file).
2000s was Essance's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Essance births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
64 births
- 2000s
2000s
85 births
- 2010s 21
2010s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 85 births (50% of all-time use).
Essance by state
Where Essance concentrates geographically, total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 3.5% |
6 of 170 births nationwide.
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- Essance's decade-level peak was the 2000s (85 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Essances (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Essance: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~21 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1993–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Essance draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.