Essie

Primarily a girl's name · 97% girls

Meaning

Essie is a given name and nickname/hypocorism usually used as a feminine name. As a standalone name, Essie can be found in several languages, including Romance, Germanic, and Persian ones.

From Wikipedia

Essie first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 144 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1921 with 1,032 babies (rank #199 that year). In 2024 it was given to 63 girls (rank #2,718). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Essie

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Essie yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

3Destiny numberThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
2PersonalityThe peacemakerDiplomatic, sensitive, partnership-minded.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

40,847

Total babies (all years)

144

Years in the data

1,032

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Essie

Essie Davisfilm actor · b. 1970

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	78	#168
1881	80	#168
1882	113	#153
1883	139	#140
1884	148	#142
1885	153	#149
1886	163	#149
1887	185	#140
1888	230	#143
1889	265	#136
1890	256	#138
1891	217	#157
1892	294	#141
1893	258	#153
1894	311	#137
1895	335	#136
1896	381	#126
1897	329	#145
1898	336	#150
1899	342	#136
1900	492	#129
1901	368	#136
1902	424	#133
1903	396	#140
1904	457	#129
1905	476	#132
1906	409	#145
1907	486	#137
1908	451	#148
1909	508	#139
1910	620	#134
1911	525	#156
1912	695	#155
1913	662	#175
1914	737	#181
1915	869	#191
1916	904	#197
1917	945	#194
1918	1,019	#194
1919	1,023	#189
1920	996	#197
1921	1,032	#199
1922	1,022	#200
1923	917	#212
1924	936	#210
1925	925	#211
1926	883	#211
1927	783	#227
1928	806	#221
1929	667	#239
1930	617	#250
1931	579	#251
1932	678	#234
1933	568	#257
1934	538	#267
1935	498	#272
1936	494	#274
1937	472	#284
1938	451	#294
1939	460	#290
1940	420	#309
1941	390	#333
1942	415	#342
1943	350	#391
1944	414	#337
1945	389	#350
1946	341	#414
1947	327	#451
1948	324	#440
1949	326	#439
1950	313	#459
1951	270	#501
1952	283	#500
1953	263	#530
1954	232	#596
1955	225	#620
1956	212	#659
1957	160	#798
1958	156	#806
1959	160	#808
1960	139	#886
1961	114	#1,017
1962	109	#1,032
1963	124	#951
1964	93	#1,142
1965	84	#1,172
1966	63	#1,389
1967	55	#1,514
1968	60	#1,461
1969	51	#1,693
1970	48	#1,838
1971	51	#1,758
1972	38	#2,069
1973	42	#1,950
1974	31	#2,453
1975	24	#2,991
1976	32	#2,499
1977	31	#2,682
1978	31	#2,700
1979	27	#3,095
1980	23	#3,539
1981	29	#3,011
1982	31	#2,915
1983	22	#3,598
1984	17	#4,375
1985	33	#2,817
1986	18	#4,406
1987	19	#4,347
1988	17	#4,904
1989	22	#4,286
1990	25	#4,041
1991	20	#4,863
1992	20	#4,912
1993	15	#6,055
1994	13	#6,801
1995	11	#7,680
1996	10	#8,356
1997	13	#6,982
1998	10	#8,797
1999	14	#6,943
2000	11	#8,756
2001	8	#11,345
2003	10	#9,900
2004	11	#9,448
2005	8	#12,181
2006	9	#11,749
2007	6	#16,120
2008	9	#11,901
2009	12	#9,578
2010	12	#9,402
2011	12	#9,342
2012	28	#5,010
2013	24	#5,541
2014	28	#4,939
2015	33	#4,330
2016	39	#3,874
2017	39	#3,871
2018	42	#3,632
2019	53	#3,057
2020	33	#4,200
2021	42	#3,633
2022	50	#3,233
2023	53	#3,108
2024	63	#2,718