Essence
Essence is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 227 births. Its best rank was 457th, in 1998.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 2270.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1998565 births
- Best rank
- #457in 1998
- Since 1973
- 10,543people given the name
The story in the numbers
10,543 girls have been named Essence in the United States since 1973, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 565 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2001, and the 1990s alone account for 33%. It has spent 18 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1998, its biggest year
Essence was the 457th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1998 were Emily, Hannah, Samantha, Sarah and Ashley. See all of 1998.
Names that rose and fell with Essence
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Yasmeenpeak 1997
- Kathiapeak 1996
- Mikaelapeak 1997
- Kyannapeak 1999
- Kianapeak 1996
- Kiannapeak 2000
- Montanapeak 1998
- Monaepeak 1998
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.