# Essie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/essie/  
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 | 40,894 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,212 / 39,682 (97% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 290, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Esther + -ie.

## 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 | 12 | 9,343 |
| 2012 | 28 | 5,010 |
| 2013 | 24 | 5,542 |
| 2014 | 28 | 4,940 |
| 2015 | 33 | 4,330 |
| 2016 | 39 | 3,875 |
| 2017 | 39 | 3,873 |
| 2018 | 42 | 3,635 |
| 2019 | 53 | 3,059 |
| 2020 | 33 | 4,200 |
| 2021 | 42 | 3,636 |
| 2022 | 50 | 3,237 |
| 2023 | 53 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 63 | 2,729 |
| 2025 | 47 | 3,306 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 17 | 1,885 |
| 1953 | 9 | 2,775 |
| 1954 | 16 | 1,986 |
| 1955 | 12 | 2,339 |
| 1956 | 11 | 2,541 |
| 1957 | 5 | 4,167 |
| 1958 | 9 | 2,896 |
| 1959 | 11 | 2,576 |
| 1964 | 9 | 2,919 |
| 1966 | 6 | 3,652 |
| 1967 | 5 | 4,144 |
| 1970 | 7 | 3,975 |
| 1982 | 5 | 6,668 |
| 1983 | 5 | 6,569 |
| 1989 | 5 | 8,289 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,717 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,966 |
| 2015 | 15 | 1,865 |
| 2016 | 23 | 1,416 |
| 2017 | 18 | 1,681 |
| 2018 | 33 | 1,059 |
| 2019 | 21 | 1,439 |
| 2020 | 19 | 1,556 |
| 2021 | 33 | 1,039 |
| 2022 | 19 | 1,556 |
| 2023 | 19 | 1,575 |
| 2024 | 18 | 1,672 |
| 2025 | 14 | 2,006 |

## People named Essie

- Essie Davis, Australian actress
- Essie Hollis, American basketball player (born 1955)

## 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.