Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Essex

#7,809 most common boys' name of all time · #19,653 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1882–2025

Rank among boys
#7,809
Rank overall
#19,653 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
61 of 146
All-time
443
Since 2016
97
Peak year
2023 #5,672
Best rank
#846 1894
Girls Boys peak 24/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Essex first appears in 1882. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 21 21 #4,713
2024 — 17 17 #5,457
2023 8 16 24 #5,672
2022 — 12 12 #6,843
2021 — 11 11 #7,100
2017 — 6 6 #10,813
2016 — 6 6 #10,768
2015 — 6 6 #10,678
2013 — 5 5 #12,174
2011 — 5 5 #12,317
2009 — 5 5 #12,547
2008 — 5 5 #12,610
2004 — 5 5 #11,389
2001 — 7 7 #8,372
1986 — 8 8 #4,891
1979 — 6 6 #5,397
1976 — 7 7 #4,460
1975 — 9 9 #3,688
1974 — 6 6 #4,677
1972 — 6 6 #4,486
1967 — 5 5 #4,022
1961 — 8 8 #3,122
1957 — 6 6 #3,606
1956 — 7 7 #3,265
1955 — 8 8 #3,002
1953 — 5 5 #3,863
1952 — 6 6 #3,419
1951 — 8 8 #2,882
1949 — 8 8 #2,840
1948 — 5 5 #3,727
1947 — 5 5 #3,777
1946 — 5 5 #3,582
1945 — 5 5 #3,397
1943 — 9 9 #2,595
1941 — 7 7 #2,910
1940 — 5 5 #3,507
1939 — 8 8 #2,645
1937 — 6 6 #3,226
1935 — 5 5 #3,685
1931 — 8 8 #2,905
1930 — 8 8 #3,054
1929 — 11 11 #2,478
1927 — 5 5 #4,258
1926 — 8 8 #3,169
1925 — 6 6 #3,776
1924 — 5 5 #4,400
1923 — 10 10 #2,798
1921 — 6 6 #3,910
1920 — 6 6 #3,852
1919 — 10 10 #2,688
1918 — 6 6 #3,766
1917 — 5 5 #4,037
1915 — 8 8 #2,861
1914 — 5 5 #3,300
1902 — 5 5 #1,223
1896 — 5 5 #1,198
1894 — 8 8 #846
1891 — 5 5 #1,059
1889 — 5 5 #1,061
1883 — 5 5 #978
1882 — 5 5 #1,045