Essence — #1085 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Essence

The Social Security Administration has registered 10,543 babies named Essence between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Essence currently holds the #1085 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 565 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Essence performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 3,531 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Essence shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 979 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Essence in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Essence 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 10,543 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.