Essa
- #9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births
- #2,572 for boys in 2025, 51 births
- Given to boys 77.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2022 · 57 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 760since 1978
Essa over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,457 | 10 | #2,572 | 51 |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | #3,104 | 39 |
| 2023 | #7,247 | 15 | #2,693 | 48 |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 | #2,438 | 57 |
| 2021 | #8,024 | 13 | #3,297 | 35 |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | #3,274 | 34 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | #2,464 | 54 |
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 | #3,240 | 35 |
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 | #2,715 | 45 |
| 2016 | — | #3,230 | 35 | |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | #3,365 | 33 |
| 2014 | — | #4,538 | 21 | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #4,064 | 24 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 | #4,533 | 21 |
| 2011 | — | #4,356 | 22 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,741 | 15 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,278 | 23 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #5,767 | 15 |
| 2007 | — | #10,921 | 6 | |
| 2006 | — | #8,732 | 8 | |
| 2005 | — | #8,299 | 8 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,246 | 15 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,258 | 11 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,088 | 11 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,935 | 9 | |
| 2000 | — | #7,416 | 8 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,139 | 8 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,159 | 12 | |
| 1997 | — | #7,281 | 7 | |
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| 1994 | — | #6,372 | 8 | |
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
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| 1991 | — | #6,519 | 7 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,993 | 10 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,165 | 9 | |
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| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
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| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
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| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | — | |
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| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | — | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | — | |
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| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | — | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | — | |
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| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | — | |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | — | |
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| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | — | |
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| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | — | |
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| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | — | |
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| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 | — | |
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| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 | — | |
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| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | — | |
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| 1885 | #921 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1978
The first year at least five boys were named Essa! It came in at #5,059, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1979–1988, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Essa is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Virginia#971 · 1 in 6,209
- Illinois#1,133 · 1 in 8,259
- New York#1,760 · 1 in 16,885
- California#2,203 · 1 in 29,246
- Texas#2,285 · 1 in 29,175
Best ever in a state: #705 in Michigan, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #971 | 6 | 1 in 6,209 |
| Illinois | #1,133 | 6 | 1 in 8,259 |
| New York | #1,760 | 5 | 1 in 16,885 |
| California | #2,203 | 6 | 1 in 29,246 |
| Texas | #2,285 | 6 | 1 in 29,175 |
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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 Essa
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 702 spots since 2020 (#3,274 → #2,572)
Rise & fade · boys
44 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1978
- Peaked 2022 at #2,438 (57 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 30,632
- Highest: 1 in 30,632 boys born in 2022 were named Essa (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 33,492 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 40.1% of all boys named Essa (305) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1978
- Mostly girls until 1977, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6 | #5,059 (1978) | #5,059 |
| 1980s | 14 | #5,165 (1989) | #5,702 |
| 1990s | 57 | #4,993 (1990) | #6,595 |
| 2000s | 114 | #4,278 (2009) | #6,994 |
| 2010s | 305 | #2,464 (2019) | #3,825 |
| 2020s | 264 | #2,438 (2022) | #2,896 |
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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