Espen

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Peak · boys
#2,902
2005 · 36 births
Debut · boys
1995
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
715
since 1995

Espen over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #6,414, 2019peak #2,902, 2005girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#7,13315#3,84828
2024#12,1617#3,60531
2023#8,98911#4,88620
2022#6,46418#4,44223
2021#8,02413#3,36234
2020#8,40612#3,65329
2019#6,41418#3,79428
2018#10,5459#3,44632
2017#7,84014#4,10525
2016#6,90117#3,52431
2015#10,8669#3,08537
2014#16,5135#3,61729
2013—#3,33932
2012—#3,62529
2011—#4,11024
2010—#3,37732
2009—#3,91926
2008—#4,14524
2007—#4,12724
2006—#3,60228
2005—#2,90236
2004—#4,60218
2003—#5,27114
2002—#4,50217
2001—#6,01311
2000—#8,2097
1999—#4,34116
1998—#6,8438
1997—#5,64210
1996—#7,1367
1995—#8,8685
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First appearance
1995

The first year at least five boys were named Espen! It came in at #8,868, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1995–1996, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.

Where Espen is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedHITexas: #2,574 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 35,010 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Espen, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#2,574 · 1 in 35,010

Best ever in a state: #2,497 in California, 2021.

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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Espen
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 243 spots since 2024 (#3,605 → #3,848)
  • 195 spots since 2020 (#3,653 → #3,848)
  • 763 spots since 2015 (#3,085 → #3,848)
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1995
  • Peaked 2005 at #2,902 (36 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 51,455
  • Highest: 1 in 51,455 boys born in 2021 were named Espen (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 61,003 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,902 in 2005, was only 1 in 55,481 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 41.8% of all boys named Espen (299) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s46#4,341 (1999)#6,566
2000s205#2,902 (2005)#4,729
2010s299#3,085 (2015)#3,602
2020s165#3,362 (2021)#3,966

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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