Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Essie

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Essie
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 93.9% from peak

Peak era

1921

Peak rank proxy

1,032

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19212024

Peak year

1921

Decline from peak

93.9%

2024

All-time

39,635

Essie once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1921, when 1,032 girls were named Essie.

In 2024, only 63 girls were given the name.

Down 93.9% from its peak.

All told, about 39,635 Americans have been named Essie and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 93.9% from peak

19211,032 girls named Essie

202463 girls named Essie

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