Essa
Essa was the 2581st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 51 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 2449th with 57 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 807 places. More babies were named Essa in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,581 boys, up 712 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 51boys
- Girls and boys
- 20% girls, 80% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202257 babies
- Total since 1880
- 986babies recorded
Essa popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,656 | #2,581 | 10 | 51 |
| 2020 | #9,142 | #3,293 | 11 | 34 |
| 2010 | — | #5,822 | — | 15 |
| 2000 | — | #7,670 | — | 8 |
| 1990 | — | #5,118 | — | 10 |
| 1980 | — | — | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | #5,224 | — | 5 | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | #2,024 | — | 5 | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Essa, counting every spelling?
Essa is a spelling of Eesa, a name family that ranked #1,071 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,581 for Essa on its own. Together these spellings went to 188 boys in 2025.
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Essa?
51 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Essa (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Essa born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 165 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Essa.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Essa?
About 800 people born in the US named Essa are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 4 and 16. That makes Essa a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Essa by state
How common Essa was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (2.4×). In 45 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Essa: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Essa, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Essa
How popular is the name Essa?
Essa was the 2581st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 51 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 2449th with 57 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 807 places. More babies were named Essa in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Essa a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 20% girls, 80% boys given the name Essa in the US.
Where is Essa most popular?
In 2021–2025, Essa was most common in Michigan (0.07 per 1,000 boys), followed by New York and Virginia.