Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Essie

Gender

Male

Origin

Persian
Star
Latin

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Essie

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1919 (rank #1082, 40 births); most recent 1989 (rank #7903, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1921 (rank #199, 1,032 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3296, 47 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–47
2024–63
2023–53
2022–50
2021–42
2020–33
2019–53
2018–42
2017–39
2016–39

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2021 (rank #1039, 33 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2006, 14 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202514
202418
202319
202219
202133
202019
201921
201833
201718
201623

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #618, 5 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
20245
2023–
2022–
2021–
20204
20195
20183
20173
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence