How Many People Are Named Essie?
people named Essie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 44,072 people in the US has this name
Based on 40,894 babies named Essie in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
1,063 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of ESTELLE or ESTHER.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Essie, 97.3% were girls and 2.7% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Essie alive today is about 68 years old, and 79% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 63 and 83 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Essie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1919, to 1,063 babies. In 2025, 47 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Essie has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #126, in 1896. In 2025 it ranked #3,305.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,305 |
| Best rank | #126 (1896) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #213 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Essie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Essie were born in Mississippi than in any other state: about 982 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Essie was given 6.2 times as often in Mississippi, 5.2 times in Georgia and 4.7 times in South Carolina.
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