girls:
209 births since 1885
#5507 (4th percentile)
boys:
670 births since 1978
#3917 (15th percentile)
overall:
879 births since 1885
#6860 (11th percentile)
The name Essa is the #6,860 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 879 recorded births since 1885. This represents the 11.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,917 (14.5% percentile) for all time with 670 births since 1978. For girls, it ranks #5,507 (3.6% percentile) for all time with 209 births since 1885.
Essa first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1885 (1885 for girls and 1978 for boys). Birth data for Essa is available in 50 out of the 139 years between 1885 and 2023 (34 years for boys and 27 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Essa has been given predominantly to boys, with 76.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 76.2% of babies named Essa were boys. Interestingly, until around 1978, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1885 to 1977), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (85.1% boys from 1978 to 2023).
For boys, Essa reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 5.6% percentile (ranked #872) with 30 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 30 births per million (ranked 5.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2007, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Essa ranks #868 for boys (4.7% percentile) with 26 births per million, which is 86.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Essa reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #937) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1885, with 42 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Essa ranks #937 for girls (1.1% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 20.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Essa".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Essa. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 91.1% confident that Essa is pronounced as EH-suh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EH-sah, at 8.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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