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
- Peak · boys
- 2022 · 57 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 760since 1978
Essa over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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| 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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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 2022
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Michigan#705 · 1 in 4,150
- Virginia#954 · 1 in 6,398
- New York#1,130 · 1 in 8,718
- California#2,542 · 1 in 37,826
- Texas#2,593 · 1 in 35,742
Best ever in a state: #705 in Michigan, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | #705 | 10 | 1 in 4,150 |
| Virginia | #954 | 6 | 1 in 6,398 |
| New York | #1,130 | 10 | 1 in 8,718 |
| California | #2,542 | 5 | 1 in 37,826 |
| Texas | #2,593 | 5 | 1 in 35,742 |
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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
- 532 spots since 2024 (#3,104 → #2,572)
- 702 spots since 2020 (#3,274 → #2,572)
- 793 spots since 2015 (#3,365 → #2,572)
- Debuted 1978
- Peaked 2022 at #2,438 (57 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 40.1% of all boys named Essa (305) were born in this decade
- 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.
Essa in 2022
Top girls' names in 2022
Top boys' names in 2022
More about 2022
girls
1,640,131 girls got a published name in 2022; 1 in 117,152 of them was named Essa, which outranked 57.0% of the 17,760 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,281Zeta15
- #7,281Zula15
- #7,281Zyia15
- #7,631Essa14
- #7,631Aalaiyah14
- #7,631Aaliah14
- #7,631Abi14
- #8,032Aalyah13
- #8,032Aariana13
- #8,032Abeer13
Tied with 400 names at #7,631; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,746,008 boys got a published name in 2022; 1 in 30,632 of them was named Essa, which outranked 83.0% of the 14,333 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,408Reyes58
- #2,408Taim58
- #2,408Waylan58
- #2,438Essa57
- #2,438Arion57
- #2,438Arius57
- #2,438Artem57
- #2,468Aadvik56
- #2,468Abubakr56
- #2,468Ahsan56
Tied with 29 names at #2,438; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.