# Essence (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/essence/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,761 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 17 / 10,744 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 30, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 245 | 1,019 |
| 2012 | 225 | 1,099 |
| 2013 | 201 | 1,195 |
| 2014 | 189 | 1,272 |
| 2015 | 157 | 1,465 |
| 2016 | 136 | 1,616 |
| 2017 | 148 | 1,498 |
| 2018 | 155 | 1,429 |
| 2019 | 149 | 1,479 |
| 2020 | 186 | 1,228 |
| 2021 | 149 | 1,444 |
| 2022 | 256 | 1,015 |
| 2023 | 250 | 1,013 |
| 2024 | 228 | 1,085 |
| 2025 | 199 | 1,165 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | 12,717 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11,342 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11,078 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3 | 3,998 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3,409 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Essence

- Essence Atkins, American actress
- Essence Carson, American basketball player (born 1986)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.