Girls' name · since 1978
Essica
Since 1978, U.S. Social Security records show 189 babies named Essica, peaking in 1983. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,392 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 189
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Essica sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 189 recorded since 1978.
Essica has 189 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 1989.
- #20,392 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 189 born since 1978
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Essica ranks #20,392 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 189 born since 1978, peaking in the 1980s.
- #20,392 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 189
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Essica's 189 recorded births place it above 71.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Essica's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Essica splits its recorded history at 1984: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1980 (8 births) -- compare that against the 1983 peak of 24 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Essica popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1989
- Peak year (1983)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Essica by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (166 births, 88% of the file).
1980s was Essica's strongest decade.
166 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 88% of all-time use.
Essica births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 23
1970s
23 births
- 1980s
1980s
166 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 166 births (88% of all-time use).
Essica by state
Where Essica concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 17 | 9.0% |
17 of 189 births nationwide.
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- California records the most Essicas (17 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Essica: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
Similar record span (~11 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, 1978–1989 (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 Essica 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.