Essie

Boy · recorded 1881–1989

  • 1989last recorded
  • 1894best year

Most popular in 1894.

Last recorded in 1989. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Essie.

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Its story

Popularity since 1881

07815518811908193519621989

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 79 recorded years as a table
Essie, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188150
188262
188565
188841
188999
189045
189199
1894155
189577
189659
1897124
189873
1899113
190053
190273
190359
190470
190568
190653
190782
190891
190943
191057
191162
191253
191343
191440
191532
191629
191724
191829
191941
192035
192120
192229
192315
192420
192518
192625
192726
192824
192924
193030
193123
193211
193322
193417
193522
193616
193713
193815
193914
194014
194120
194210
19438
194414
194510
194610
19475
194810
19498
19507
19516
19529
19535
19548
19556
19565
19572
19584
19595
19645
19663
19673
19704
19823
19833
19892

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Essie isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1989
5
Rank in 1989
#7,905
How rare
1 in 400,185 boys
Since 1881
1,212

Essie was last recorded in 1989. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1894, at 155 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Essie doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.