How rare is the name Essie?

7,235 people in the United States have the first name Essie, about 1 in 41,746. It ranks #3,061 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ESSIE

#3,061

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,235
About
1 in 41,746
This common or more
81.6%
Who bears it

Of the 7,235 people named Essie, 72.2% reported their origin as Black, 21.5% as White and 2.6% as two or more races. 97% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Essie peaked in 1919, when 1,063 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1919
Births that year
1,063
In 2025*
47 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 40,894 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Essie by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #195. The largest share of babies named Essie, 48.9%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#2341,589
1890s#2023,143
1900s#1954,549
1910s#3068,239
1920s#3779,227
1930s#4845,550
1940s#7003,855
1950s#1,0512,389
1960s#1,893912
1970s#3,611362
1980s#5,556246
1990s#9,830151
2000s#18,13284
2010s#7,812310
2020s#5,779288
Before 190112.8%
Greatest Generation 1901–2748.9%
Silent Generation 1928–4523.4%
Baby boom 1946–6410.6%
Generation X 1965–801.7%
Millennials 1981–960.8%
Generation Z 1997–120.4%
2013 and later1.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Essie is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Essie has been most common in Mississippi (9.7×), Alabama (6.7×), and South Carolina (6.4×), and least common in California (0.02×).

27,933 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Essie

#3,059 Rian · 7,238#3,060 Cortez · 7,237#3,062 Zechariah · 7,229#3,063 Nell · 7,222

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Essie, most common first.

#32,785 Essi · 255

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