Essie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ES-ee
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,076 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,295 for girls
Essie is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “star”. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 3,295th for girls in the US (47 babies).
What does Essie mean?
Persian: pet form of Esther
“star”
Pet form of Esther, now also used as a name in its own right.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Essie a girl's or a boy's name?
Essie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 47 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Essie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,076th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Essie, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,587th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 34 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Essie than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Essie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Essie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2023 | 21 | #1,560 |
| 2022 | 20 | #1,591 |
| 2021 | 33 | #1,109 |
| 2020 | 20 | #1,587 |
| 2019 | 22 | #1,485 |
| 2018 | 34 | #1,098 |
| 2017 | 19 | #1,711 |
| 2016 | 24 | #1,452 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,813 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
How popular is Essie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,295th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 47 about 1 in 34,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 47 girls in the US were named Essie, making it the 3,295th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,167th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 1,032 girls.
Half of all the girls named Essie in the US since 1880 were born between 1911 and 1936, the years shaded on the chart below.
Essie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #3,295 |
| 2024 | 63 | #2,722 |
| 2023 | 53 | #3,091 |
| 2022 | 50 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 42 | #3,613 |
| 2020 | 33 | #4,167 |
| 2019 | 53 | #3,043 |
| 2018 | 42 | #3,613 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,847 |
| 2016 | 39 | #3,849 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,484 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,955 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,842 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 25 | #3,998 |
| 1989 | 22 | #4,242 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,835 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,344 |
| 1985 | 33 | #2,803 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,554 |
| 1982 | 31 | #2,900 |
| 1981 | 29 | #2,986 |
| 1980 | 23 | #3,506 |
| 1979 | 27 | #3,078 |
| 1978 | 31 | #2,680 |
| 1977 | 31 | #2,666 |
| 1976 | 32 | #2,486 |
| 1975 | 24 | #2,969 |
| 1974 | 31 | #2,433 |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,939 |
| 1972 | 38 | #2,057 |
| 1971 | 51 | #1,754 |
| 1970 | 48 | #1,828 |
| 1969 | 51 | #1,685 |
| 1968 | 60 | #1,459 |
| 1967 | 55 | #1,506 |
| 1966 | 63 | #1,385 |
| 1965 | 84 | #1,168 |
| 1964 | 93 | #1,141 |
| 1963 | 124 | #947 |
| 1962 | 109 | #1,032 |
| 1961 | 114 | #1,014 |
| 1960 | 139 | #885 |
| 1959 | 160 | #808 |
| 1958 | 156 | #805 |
| 1957 | 160 | #797 |
| 1956 | 212 | #658 |
| 1955 | 225 | #619 |
| 1954 | 232 | #595 |
| 1953 | 263 | #529 |
| 1952 | 283 | #498 |
| 1951 | 270 | #498 |
| 1950 | 313 | #458 |
| 1949 | 326 | #438 |
| 1948 | 324 | #440 |
| 1947 | 327 | #451 |
| 1946 | 341 | #414 |
| 1945 | 389 | #350 |
| 1944 | 414 | #337 |
| 1943 | 350 | #391 |
| 1942 | 415 | #342 |
| 1941 | 390 | #333 |
| 1940 | 420 | #309 |
| 1939 | 460 | #290 |
| 1938 | 451 | #294 |
| 1937 | 472 | #284 |
| 1936 | 494 | #274 |
| 1935 | 498 | #272 |
| 1934 | 538 | #267 |
| 1933 | 568 | #257 |
| 1932 | 678 | #234 |
| 1931 | 579 | #251 |
| 1930 | 617 | #250 |
| 1929 | 667 | #238 |
| 1928 | 806 | #221 |
| 1927 | 783 | #227 |
| 1926 | 883 | #211 |
| 1925 | 925 | #211 |
| 1924 | 936 | #210 |
| 1923 | 917 | #212 |
| 1922 | 1,022 | #200 |
| 1921 | 1,032 | #199 |
| 1920 | 996 | #197 |
| 1919 | 1,023 | #189 |
| 1918 | 1,019 | #194 |
| 1917 | 945 | #194 |
| 1916 | 904 | #197 |
| 1915 | 869 | #191 |
| 1914 | 737 | #181 |
| 1913 | 662 | #175 |
| 1912 | 695 | #155 |
| 1911 | 525 | #156 |
| 1910 | 620 | #134 |
| 1909 | 508 | #139 |
| 1908 | 451 | #148 |
| 1907 | 486 | #137 |
| 1906 | 409 | #144 |
| 1905 | 476 | #132 |
| 1904 | 457 | #129 |
| 1903 | 396 | #140 |
| 1902 | 424 | #133 |
| 1901 | 368 | #136 |
| 1900 | 492 | #129 |
| 1899 | 342 | #136 |
| 1898 | 336 | #150 |
| 1897 | 329 | #145 |
| 1896 | 381 | #126 |
| 1895 | 335 | #136 |
| 1894 | 311 | #137 |
| 1893 | 258 | #153 |
| 1892 | 294 | #141 |
| 1891 | 217 | #157 |
| 1890 | 256 | #138 |
| 1889 | 265 | #135 |
| 1888 | 230 | #143 |
| 1887 | 185 | #140 |
| 1886 | 163 | #149 |
| 1885 | 153 | #148 |
| 1884 | 148 | #141 |
| 1883 | 139 | #140 |
| 1882 | 113 | #151 |
| 1881 | 80 | #168 |
| 1880 | 78 | #168 |
Names like Essie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elsie, Lottie, Effie, Nellie, Rosie, Winnie, Annie, Frankie, Hattie, Florence, Esther, Millie
More Persian names
Jasper, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman, Armaan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Essie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/essie, updated 20 October 2026.