Boys' name · since 2004
Essiah
Essiah has 171 recorded births since 2004 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,901 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,998 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 171
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Essiah currently ranks #4998 among boys' names in America, with 171 babies recorded since 2004.
Social Security Administration records show Essiah recorded 171 times among boys since 2004, holding rank #4998 nationally today, ahead of 64% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- #13,901 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,998 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 171 born since 2004
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Essiah ranks #13,901 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,998 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 171 born since 2004, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,901 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,998 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 171
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Essiah's 171 recorded births place it above 69.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Essiah compares
171 35th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Essiah's all-time total is 54% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Essiah | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 171 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 34 | 22,252 |
Essiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Essiah's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2011, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 24, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Essiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Essiah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (103 births, 60% of the file).
2020s was Essiah's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Essiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
62 births
- 2020s
2020s
103 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 103 births (60% of all-time use).
Essiah by state
Where Essiah concentrates geographically, total births since 2004
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 10 | 5.8% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 2.9% |
10 of 171 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Essiahs (10 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 Essiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
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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, 2004–2025 (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 Essiah 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.