Essex
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ES-iks
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #4,706 for boys
Essex is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “East Saxons”. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Essex mean?
English: English county name, from Old English Eastseaxe
“East Saxons”
Essex takes its name from the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of the East Saxons.
Is Essex a girl's or a boy's name?
Essex is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Essex in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,706th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Essex, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. It first appears in the records in 1882.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most boys named Essex of any year since it first appeared, in 1882.
Half of all the boys named Essex in the US since 1880 were born between 1926 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Essex in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 8 | #2,842 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,562 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,863 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,451 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 10 | #2,771 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,828 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 8 | #786 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 5 | #973 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #891 |
| 1882 | 5 | #942 |
Names like Essex
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ellis, Emmett, Otto, Fletcher, Henry, Charlie, Royal, August, Everett, Leo, Major, Archie
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Essex: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/essex, updated 20 October 2026.