Essence
#1,549 most common girls' name of all time · #2,678 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1973–2025
Rank among girls
#1,549
Rank overall
#2,678 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
10,761
Since 2016
1,873
Peak year
1998 #458
Best rank
#458 1998
Girls
Boys
peak 565/yr
Essence first appears in 1973. 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 | 199 | 6 | 205 | #1,167 |
| 2024 | 228 | 6 | 234 | #1,085 |
| 2023 | 250 | — | 250 | #1,013 |
| 2022 | 256 | — | 256 | #1,017 |
| 2021 | 149 | 5 | 154 | #1,447 |
| 2020 | 186 | — | 186 | #1,230 |
| 2019 | 149 | — | 149 | #1,480 |
| 2018 | 155 | — | 155 | #1,430 |
| 2017 | 148 | — | 148 | #1,501 |
| 2016 | 136 | — | 136 | #1,619 |
| 2015 | 157 | — | 157 | #1,467 |
| 2014 | 189 | — | 189 | #1,272 |
| 2013 | 201 | — | 201 | #1,195 |
| 2012 | 225 | — | 225 | #1,105 |
| 2011 | 245 | — | 245 | #1,020 |
| 2010 | 247 | — | 247 | #1,017 |
| 2009 | 263 | — | 263 | #1,006 |
| 2008 | 274 | — | 274 | #978 |
| 2007 | 287 | — | 287 | #946 |
| 2006 | 320 | — | 320 | #842 |
| 2005 | 268 | — | 268 | #930 |
| 2004 | 308 | — | 308 | #815 |
| 2003 | 333 | — | 333 | #750 |
| 2002 | 273 | — | 273 | #847 |
| 2001 | 322 | — | 322 | #742 |
| 2000 | 447 | — | 447 | #583 |
| 1999 | 529 | — | 529 | #492 |
| 1998 | 565 | — | 565 | #458 |
| 1997 | 440 | — | 440 | #542 |
| 1996 | 431 | — | 431 | #544 |
| 1995 | 502 | — | 502 | #492 |
| 1994 | 262 | — | 262 | #782 |
| 1993 | 245 | — | 245 | #819 |
| 1992 | 226 | — | 226 | #877 |
| 1991 | 193 | — | 193 | #976 |
| 1990 | 138 | — | 138 | #1,223 |
| 1989 | 109 | — | 109 | #1,389 |
| 1988 | 102 | — | 102 | #1,391 |
| 1987 | 95 | — | 95 | #1,410 |
| 1986 | 91 | — | 91 | #1,418 |
| 1985 | 67 | — | 67 | #1,724 |
| 1984 | 80 | — | 80 | #1,458 |
| 1983 | 104 | — | 104 | #1,229 |
| 1982 | 72 | — | 72 | #1,619 |
| 1981 | 49 | — | 49 | #2,117 |
| 1980 | 47 | — | 47 | #2,188 |
| 1979 | 52 | — | 52 | #1,997 |
| 1978 | 38 | — | 38 | #2,388 |
| 1977 | 25 | — | 25 | #3,170 |
| 1976 | 23 | — | 23 | #3,184 |
| 1975 | 18 | — | 18 | #3,768 |
| 1974 | 18 | — | 18 | #3,693 |
| 1973 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,625 |