Girls' name · since 1880
Essie
39,682 babies named Essie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #691 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,296 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 39,682
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Yes -- Essie is the #3296 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 39,682 recorded since 1880.
Social Security Administration records show Essie recorded 39,682 times among girls since 1880, holding rank #3296 nationally today, ahead of 81% of girls, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #691 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,296 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 39,682 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Essie ranks #691 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,296 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 39,682 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #691 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,296 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 39,682
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Essie's 39,682 recorded births place it above 99.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
28 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Georgia.
How Essie compares
39,682 Top 4% higher than 96% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Essie's all-time total is 106x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Essie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 39,682 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,032 | 21 | 19,840 |
Essie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Essie splits its recorded history at 1952: 10% of all births land in the more recent half, 90% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2007 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1921 peak of 1,032 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Essie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1921)
- 1,032
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Essie popularity over time - boys
1,212 total births recorded since 1881 (Essie as boys' name)
Essie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (8,967 births, 23% of the file).
1920s was Essie's strongest decade.
8,967 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Essie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 1,554
1880s
1,554 births
- 1890s 3,059
1890s
3,059 births
- 1900s
1900s
4,467 births
- 1910s
1910s
7,999 births
- 1920s
1920s
8,967 births
- 1930s
1930s
5,355 births
- 1940s
1940s
3,696 births
- 1950s 2,274
1950s
2,274 births
- 1960s 892
1960s
892 births
- 1970s 355
1970s
355 births
- 1980s 231
1980s
231 births
- 1990s 151
1990s
151 births
- 2000s 84
2000s
84 births
- 2010s 310
2010s
310 births
- 2020s 288
2020s
288 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 8,967 births (23% of all-time use).
How Essie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Essie's total volume
Essie by state
Where Essie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 4,470 | 11.3% |
| #2 | Alabama | | 3,399 | 8.6% |
| #3 | Mississippi | | 3,365 | 8.5% |
| #4 | South Carolina | | 2,635 | 6.6% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 2,516 | 6.3% |
| #6 | Texas | | 2,007 | 5.1% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 1,701 | 4.3% |
| #8 | Arkansas | | 1,626 | 4.1% |
4,470 of 39,682 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Essie appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Essie's data
- Essie's decade-level peak was the 1920s (8,967 total births); usage has since declined to 288 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Essies (4,470 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Essie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Essie 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.