Essie
Essie is a given name and nickname/hypocorism usually used as a feminine name.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Essie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Essie is a given name and nickname/hypocorism usually used as a feminine name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Essie
American parents first put Essie on the record books as a baby girl name in 1880, with 78 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1921, when 1,032 Essies were born — ranking #199 that year. About 23% of every Essie on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Essie ranks #2,571 for baby girls with 68 births, rising sharply (+43% over the past five years). All told, over 40K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Essie
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Essie. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Essie
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About the name Essie
Essie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 40K births in the dataset. Essie's peak popularity came in 1921 when it ranked #126. Use the chart and map above to compare Essie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.