Essie is an established girls' name that peaked in 1919 and has since faded.
Essie is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #3,306 for girl births in the United States (and #5,851 across all names), given to 47 babies. Essie was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1921 (1,032 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | 47 | #3,306 | — |
| 2024 | 63 | 63 | #2,729 | — |
| 2023 | 53 | 53 | #3,112 | — |
| 2022 | 50 | 50 | #3,237 | — |
| 2021 | 42 | 42 | #3,636 | — |
| 2020 | 33 | 33 | #4,200 | — |
| 2019 | 53 | 53 | #3,059 | — |
| 2018 | 42 | 42 | #3,635 | — |
| 2017 | 39 | 39 | #3,873 | — |
| 2016 | 39 | 39 | #3,875 | — |
| 2015 | 33 | 33 | #4,330 | — |
| 2014 | 28 | 28 | #4,940 | — |
| 2013 | 24 | 24 | #5,542 | — |
| 2012 | 28 | 28 | #5,010 | — |
| 2011 | 12 | 12 | #9,343 | — |
| 2010 | 12 | 12 | #9,406 | — |
| 2009 | 12 | 12 | #9,579 | — |
| 2008 | 9 | 9 | #11,902 | — |
| 2007 | 6 | 6 | #16,120 | — |
| 2006 | 9 | 9 | #11,750 | — |
| 2005 | 8 | 8 | #12,181 | — |
| 2004 | 11 | 11 | #9,448 | — |
| 2003 | 10 | 10 | #9,901 | — |
| 2001 | 8 | 8 | #11,346 | — |
| 2000 | 11 | 11 | #8,756 | — |
| 1999 | 14 | 14 | #6,943 | — |
| 1998 | 10 | 10 | #8,797 | — |
| 1997 | 13 | — | #6,982 | — |
| 1996 | 10 | — | #8,356 | — |
| 1995 | 11 | — | #7,680 | — |
| 1994 | 13 | — | #6,800 | — |
| 1993 | 15 | — | #6,055 | — |
| 1992 | 20 | — | #4,913 | — |
| 1991 | 20 | — | #4,863 | — |
| 1990 | 25 | — | #4,041 | — |
| 1989 | 27 | — | #4,287 | #8,289 |
| 1988 | 17 | — | #4,904 | — |
| 1987 | 19 | — | #4,347 | — |
| 1986 | 18 | — | #4,405 | — |
| 1985 | 33 | — | #2,817 | — |
| 1984 | 17 | — | #4,375 | — |
| 1983 | 27 | — | #3,599 | #6,569 |
| 1982 | 36 | — | #2,916 | #6,668 |
| 1981 | 29 | — | #3,011 | — |
| 1980 | 23 | — | #3,539 | — |
| 1979 | 27 | — | #3,095 | — |
| 1978 | 31 | — | #2,700 | — |
| 1977 | 31 | — | #2,682 | — |
| 1976 | 32 | — | #2,500 | — |
| 1975 | 24 | — | #2,991 | — |
| 1974 | 31 | — | #2,453 | — |
| 1973 | 42 | — | #1,950 | — |
| 1972 | 38 | — | #2,069 | — |
| 1971 | 51 | — | #1,758 | — |
| 1970 | 55 | — | #1,838 | #3,975 |
| 1969 | 51 | — | #1,693 | — |
| 1968 | 60 | — | #1,461 | — |
| 1967 | 60 | — | #1,514 | #4,144 |
| 1966 | 69 | — | #1,389 | #3,652 |
| 1965 | 84 | — | #1,172 | — |
| 1964 | 102 | — | #1,142 | #2,919 |
| 1963 | 124 | — | #951 | — |
| 1962 | 109 | — | #1,032 | — |
| 1961 | 114 | — | #1,017 | — |
| 1960 | 139 | — | #887 | — |
| 1959 | 171 | — | #808 | #2,576 |
| 1958 | 165 | — | #806 | #2,896 |
| 1957 | 165 | — | #798 | #4,167 |
| 1956 | 223 | — | #659 | #2,541 |
| 1955 | 237 | — | #620 | #2,339 |
| 1954 | 248 | — | #596 | #1,986 |
| 1953 | 272 | — | #530 | #2,775 |
| 1952 | 300 | — | #500 | #1,885 |
| 1951 | 282 | — | #501 | #2,286 |
| 1950 | 326 | — | #459 | #2,137 |
| 1949 | 341 | — | #439 | #1,970 |
| 1948 | 342 | — | #440 | #1,776 |
| 1947 | 337 | — | #451 | #2,547 |
| 1946 | 357 | — | #414 | #1,840 |
| 1945 | 403 | — | #350 | #1,877 |
| 1944 | 433 | — | #337 | #1,591 |
| 1943 | 362 | — | #391 | #2,213 |
| 1942 | 429 | — | #342 | #1,977 |
| 1941 | 415 | — | #333 | #1,342 |
| 1940 | 436 | — | #309 | #1,754 |
| 1939 | 476 | — | #290 | #1,742 |
| 1938 | 468 | — | #294 | #1,709 |
| 1937 | 486 | — | #284 | #1,935 |
| 1936 | 511 | — | #274 | #1,666 |
| 1935 | 521 | — | #272 | #1,433 |
| 1934 | 556 | — | #267 | #1,683 |
| 1933 | 590 | — | #257 | #1,469 |
| 1932 | 689 | — | #234 | #2,372 |
| 1931 | 603 | — | #251 | #1,436 |
| 1930 | 650 | — | #250 | #1,242 |
| 1929 | 693 | — | #239 | #1,422 |
| 1928 | 833 | — | #221 | #1,427 |
| 1927 | 812 | — | #227 | #1,384 |
| 1926 | 911 | — | #211 | #1,387 |
| 1925 | 945 | — | #211 | #1,753 |
| 1924 | 959 | — | #210 | #1,644 |
| 1923 | 933 | — | #212 | #2,053 |
| 1922 | 1,054 | — | #200 | #1,290 |
| 1921 | 1,054 | — | #199 | #1,666 |
| 1920 | 1,033 | — | #197 | #1,187 |
| 1919 | 1,063 | — | #189 | #1,085 |
| 1918 | 1,048 | — | #194 | #1,322 |
| 1917 | 967 | — | #194 | #1,547 |
| 1916 | 930 | — | #197 | #1,349 |
| 1915 | 896 | — | #191 | #1,277 |
| 1914 | 763 | — | #181 | #1,137 |
| 1913 | 684 | — | #175 | #1,085 |
| 1912 | 718 | — | #155 | #948 |
| 1911 | 539 | — | #156 | #905 |
| 1910 | 631 | — | #134 | #1,002 |
| 1909 | 515 | — | #139 | #1,190 |
| 1908 | 465 | — | #148 | #722 |
| 1907 | 498 | — | #137 | #785 |
| 1906 | 416 | — | #145 | #1,046 |
| 1905 | 485 | — | #132 | #861 |
| 1904 | 466 | — | #129 | #830 |
| 1903 | 403 | — | #140 | #942 |
| 1902 | 433 | — | #133 | #813 |
| 1901 | 368 | — | #136 | — |
| 1900 | 500 | — | #129 | #989 |
| 1899 | 354 | — | #136 | #591 |
| 1898 | 345 | — | #150 | #769 |
| 1897 | 343 | — | #145 | #561 |
| 1896 | 388 | — | #126 | #925 |
| 1895 | 344 | — | #136 | #755 |
| 1894 | 329 | — | #137 | #471 |
| 1893 | 258 | — | #153 | — |
| 1892 | 294 | — | #141 | — |
| 1891 | 227 | — | #157 | #614 |
| 1890 | 261 | — | #138 | #1,054 |
| 1889 | 276 | — | #136 | #598 |
| 1888 | 235 | — | #143 | #1,080 |
| 1887 | 185 | — | #140 | — |
| 1886 | 163 | — | #149 | — |
| 1885 | 160 | — | #149 | #790 |
| 1884 | 148 | — | #142 | — |
| 1883 | 139 | — | #140 | — |
| 1882 | 120 | — | #153 | #780 |
| 1881 | 85 | — | #168 | #914 |
| 1880 | 78 | — | #168 | — |