Essex

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Peak · boys
#787
1894 · 8 births
Debut · boys
1882
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
435
since 1882

Essex over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Essex has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #787, 1894boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#4,70721
2024—#5,44317
2023#11,1698#5,66616
2022—#6,82812
2021—#7,08911
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2017—#10,7756
2016—#10,7446
2015—#10,6446
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2013—#12,1365
2012——
2011—#12,2875
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2009—#12,4915
2008—#12,5535
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2004—#11,3565
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2001—#8,3397
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1986—#4,8538
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1979—#5,3556
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1976—#4,4187
1975—#3,6599
1974—#4,6346
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1972—#4,4416
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1967—#3,9665
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1961—#3,0978
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1957—#3,5526
1956—#3,2167
1955—#2,9648
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1953—#3,7985
1952—#3,3736
1951—#2,8448
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1949—#2,8028
1948—#3,6685
1947—#3,7335
1946—#3,5255
1945—#3,3385
1944——
1943—#2,5639
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1941—#2,8727
1940—#3,4595
1939—#2,6098
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1937—#3,1756
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1935—#3,6455
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1931—#2,8648
1930—#3,0228
1929—#2,45211
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1927—#4,2105
1926—#3,1398
1925—#3,7416
1924—#4,3475
1923—#2,77210
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1921—#3,8696
1920—#3,8156
1919—#2,66510
1918—#3,7286
1917—#3,9815
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1915—#2,8298
1914—#3,2645
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1894—#7878
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1891—#9635
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1883—#8925
1882—#9435
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First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Essex! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1882–1893, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Essex is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #1,022 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,953 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Essex, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Jersey#1,022 · 1 in 7,953

Best ever in a state: #1,022 in New Jersey, 2025.

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New Jersey#1,02251 in 7,953
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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.

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See more about Essex
Momentum · boys
Brand new
  • 5,937 spots since 2015 (#10,644 → #4,707)
  • Biggest jump: 51 spots in 1883
Rise & fade · boys
12 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1894 at #787 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1895, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1882–1883
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,471
  • Highest: 1 in 14,471 boys born in 1894 were named Essex (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 81,337 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 17.7% of all boys named Essex (77) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s15#892 (1883)#936
1890s18#787 (1894)#950
1900s5#1,137 (1902)#1,137
1910s34#2,665 (1919)#3,293
1920s57#2,452 (1929)#3,543
1930s35#2,609 (1939)#3,063
1940s49#2,563 (1943)#3,245
1950s40#2,844 (1951)#3,291
1960s13#3,097 (1961)#3,532
1970s34#3,659 (1975)#4,501
1980s8#4,853 (1986)#4,853
1990s0——
2000s22#8,339 (2001)#11,185
2010s28#10,644 (2015)#11,317
2020s77#4,707 (2025)#5,947

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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