Essa**
#4,848 most common boys' name of all time · #11,979 across all names · 77% male / 23% female · used 1885–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#4,848
Rank overall
#11,979 of 105,966
First appeared
1885
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
986
Since 2016
540
Peak year
2022 #2,441
Best rank
#2,441 2022
Girls
Boys
peak 71/yr
Essa first appears in 1885. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 51 | 61 | #2,573 |
| 2024 | 7 | 39 | 46 | #3,106 |
| 2023 | 15 | 48 | 63 | #2,699 |
| 2022 | 14 | 57 | 71 | #2,441 |
| 2021 | 13 | 35 | 48 | #3,299 |
| 2020 | 11 | 34 | 45 | #3,278 |
| 2019 | 10 | 54 | 64 | #2,468 |
| 2018 | 12 | 35 | 47 | #3,250 |
| 2017 | 15 | 45 | 60 | #2,723 |
| 2016 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,239 |
| 2015 | 7 | 33 | 40 | #3,370 |
| 2014 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,554 |
| 2013 | 5 | 24 | 29 | #4,078 |
| 2012 | 10 | 21 | 31 | #4,543 |
| 2011 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,364 |
| 2010 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,751 |
| 2009 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,288 |
| 2008 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #5,782 |
| 2007 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,957 |
| 2006 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,762 |
| 2005 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,338 |
| 2004 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,261 |
| 2003 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,277 |
| 2002 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,111 |
| 2001 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,966 |
| 2000 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,453 |
| 1999 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,174 |
| 1998 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,179 |
| 1997 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,311 |
| 1994 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,406 |
| 1993 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,766 |
| 1991 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,551 |
| 1990 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,023 |
| 1989 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,198 |
| 1983 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,309 |
| 1978 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,111 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1928 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1927 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1926 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1925 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1923 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1922 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1920 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1919 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1917 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1912 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1900 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1896 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1891 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1888 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1885 | 6 | — | 6 | — |