Essa Boy
How popular is Essa?
#2,572 boy name in 2025
51 baby boys were named Essa in the US in 2025, making it the 2572nd most popular boy name. Another 10 girls got the name (#9,454 for girls).
Essa popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,572 for boys (▲ 531 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 51 boys, 10 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+55% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,364 in 2015, #3,272 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (57 boys) |
| Highest rank | #2,437 in 2022 |
| First recorded | 1978 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 80% boys, 20% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Essa counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Esai family of names ranked #750 for boys in 2025 (#819 the year before), with 312 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Essa is most popular
Babies named Essa per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Michigan: 0.1 per 1,000 (15 boys)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (28 boys)
- Virginia: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 boys)
- Illinois: 0.0 per 1,000 (12 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (23 boys)
Essa by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1980s | 14 | #5,158 |
| 1990s | 57 | #4,986 |
| 2000s | 114 | #4,276 |
| 2010s | 305 | #2,463 |
| 2020s | 264 | #2,437 |
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Questions
- Is Essa a boy or girl name?
- Essa is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 80% of babies named Essa were boys.
- How popular is the name Essa?
- 51 baby boys were named Essa in the US in 2025, making it the 2572nd most popular boy name. Another 10 girls got the name (#9,454 for girls).
- When was Essa most popular?
- Essa peaked in 2022, when 57 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,437 in 2022.
- How many people are named Essa?
- 986 babies have been named Essa in the US since 1880. We estimate about 892 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Essa most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Essa was most common in Michigan, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.