Essie — #2711 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Essie

The Social Security Administration has registered 39,635 babies named Essie between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Essie currently holds the #2711 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 1,032 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Essie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 8,967 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Essie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 4,470 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Essie in 28 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Essie 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 39,635 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.