Essence
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Essence is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “essential nature”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 1,163rd for girls in the US (199 babies).
What does Essence mean?
English: English word, from Latin essentia 'being'
“essential nature”
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Is Essence a girl's or a boy's name?
Essence is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 199 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Essence in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Essence, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2019, with 5 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Essence in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
How popular is Essence in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,163among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 199about 1 in 8,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 199 girls in the US were named Essence, making it the 1,163rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,227th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 565 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973. 6 boys were also named Essence in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Essence in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Essence in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 199 | #1,163 |
| 2024 | 228 | #1,085 |
| 2023 | 250 | #1,012 |
| 2022 | 256 | #1,015 |
| 2021 | 149 | #1,441 |
| 2020 | 186 | #1,227 |
| 2019 | 149 | #1,474 |
| 2018 | 155 | #1,425 |
| 2017 | 148 | #1,495 |
| 2016 | 136 | #1,614 |
| 2015 | 157 | #1,464 |
| 2014 | 189 | #1,270 |
| 2013 | 201 | #1,192 |
| 2012 | 225 | #1,096 |
| 2011 | 245 | #1,019 |
| 2010 | 247 | #1,015 |
| 2009 | 263 | #1,006 |
| 2008 | 274 | #977 |
| 2007 | 287 | #944 |
| 2006 | 320 | #838 |
| 2005 | 268 | #928 |
| 2004 | 308 | #813 |
| 2003 | 333 | #749 |
| 2002 | 273 | #846 |
| 2001 | 322 | #741 |
| 2000 | 447 | #583 |
| 1999 | 529 | #491 |
| 1998 | 565 | #456 |
| 1997 | 440 | #542 |
| 1996 | 431 | #542 |
| 1995 | 502 | #490 |
| 1994 | 262 | #774 |
| 1993 | 245 | #816 |
| 1992 | 226 | #874 |
| 1991 | 193 | #971 |
| 1990 | 138 | #1,215 |
| 1989 | 109 | #1,380 |
| 1988 | 102 | #1,383 |
| 1987 | 95 | #1,403 |
| 1986 | 91 | #1,405 |
| 1985 | 67 | #1,709 |
| 1984 | 80 | #1,446 |
| 1983 | 104 | #1,220 |
| 1982 | 72 | #1,608 |
| 1981 | 49 | #2,085 |
| 1980 | 47 | #2,154 |
| 1979 | 52 | #1,977 |
| 1978 | 38 | #2,350 |
| 1977 | 25 | #3,082 |
| 1976 | 23 | #3,094 |
| 1975 | 18 | #3,636 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,558 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
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