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.

Essie

#682 most common girls' name of all time · #1,249 across all names · 3% male / 97% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#682
Rank overall
#1,249 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
40,894
Since 2016
461
Peak year
1919 #189
Best rank
#126 1896
Girls Boys peak 1,063/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Essie is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 47 — 47 #3,296
2024 63 — 63 #2,722
2023 53 — 53 #3,093
2022 50 — 50 #3,220
2021 42 — 42 #3,614
2020 33 — 33 #4,169
2019 53 — 53 #3,043
2018 42 — 42 #3,615
2017 39 — 39 #3,848
2016 39 — 39 #3,849
2015 33 — 33 #4,295
2014 28 — 28 #4,892
2013 24 — 24 #5,488
2012 28 — 28 #4,958
2011 12 — 12 #9,151
2010 12 — 12 #9,231
2009 12 — 12 #9,379
2008 9 — 9 #11,599
2007 6 — 6 #15,495
2006 9 — 9 #11,419
2005 8 — 8 #11,838
2004 11 — 11 #9,265
2003 10 — 10 #9,673
2001 8 — 8 #11,021
2000 11 — 11 #8,535
1999 14 — 14 #6,838
1998 10 — 10 #8,584
1997 13 — 13 #6,845
1996 10 — 10 #8,133
1995 11 — 11 #7,516
1994 13 — 13 #6,674
1993 15 — 15 #5,956
1992 20 — 20 #4,849
1991 20 — 20 #4,809
1990 25 — 25 #4,003
1989 22 5 27 #4,248
1988 17 — 17 #4,840
1987 19 — 19 #4,286
1986 18 — 18 #4,349
1985 33 — 33 #2,804
1984 17 — 17 #4,318
1983 22 5 27 #3,555
1982 31 5 36 #2,902
1981 29 — 29 #2,987
1980 23 — 23 #3,508
1979 27 — 27 #3,080
1978 31 — 31 #2,680
1977 31 — 31 #2,666
1976 32 — 32 #2,486
1975 24 — 24 #2,969
1974 31 — 31 #2,433
1973 42 — 42 #1,940
1972 38 — 38 #2,057
1971 51 — 51 #1,754
1970 48 7 55 #1,828
1969 51 — 51 #1,686
1968 60 — 60 #1,459
1967 55 5 60 #1,506
1966 63 6 69 #1,385
1965 84 — 84 #1,170
1964 93 9 102 #1,141
1963 124 — 124 #947
1962 109 — 109 #1,032
1961 114 — 114 #1,014
1960 139 — 139 #886
1959 160 11 171 #808
1958 156 9 165 #807
1957 160 5 165 #799
1956 212 11 223 #659
1955 225 12 237 #620
1954 232 16 248 #596
1953 263 9 272 #530
1952 283 17 300 #499
1951 270 12 282 #499
1950 313 13 326 #459
1949 326 15 341 #439
1948 324 18 342 #442
1947 327 10 337 #451
1946 341 16 357 #414
1945 389 14 403 #350
1944 414 19 433 #337
1943 350 12 362 #391
1942 415 14 429 #342
1941 390 25 415 #333
1940 420 16 436 #310
1939 460 16 476 #291
1938 451 17 468 #295
1937 472 14 486 #284
1936 494 17 511 #274
1935 498 23 521 #272
1934 538 18 556 #267
1933 568 22 590 #257
1932 678 11 689 #234
1931 579 24 603 #251
1930 617 33 650 #250
1929 667 26 693 #238
1928 806 27 833 #221
1927 783 29 812 #227
1926 883 28 911 #211
1925 925 20 945 #211
1924 936 23 959 #210
1923 917 16 933 #212
1922 1,022 32 1,054 #200
1921 1,032 22 1,054 #199
1920 996 37 1,033 #197
1919 1,023 40 1,063 #189
1918 1,019 29 1,048 #194
1917 945 22 967 #195
1916 904 26 930 #197
1915 869 27 896 #191
1914 737 26 763 #181
1913 662 22 684 #175
1912 695 23 718 #155
1911 525 14 539 #156
1910 620 11 631 #134
1909 508 7 515 #139
1908 451 14 465 #149
1907 486 12 498 #137
1906 409 7 416 #145
1905 476 9 485 #133
1904 457 9 466 #129
1903 396 7 403 #140
1902 424 9 433 #133
1901 368 — 368 #136
1900 492 8 500 #129
1899 342 12 354 #136
1898 336 9 345 #150
1897 329 14 343 #145
1896 381 7 388 #126
1895 335 9 344 #136
1894 311 18 329 #137
1893 258 — 258 #153
1892 294 — 294 #141
1891 217 10 227 #157
1890 256 5 261 #138
1889 265 11 276 #136
1888 230 5 235 #143
1887 185 — 185 #140
1886 163 — 163 #149
1885 153 7 160 #149
1884 148 — 148 #143
1883 139 — 139 #141
1882 113 7 120 #153
1881 80 5 85 #168
1880 78 — 78 #168