Essie

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Essie: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Essie: Recorded since 2003, it reached #621 in 2019, and it stood at #631 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#621highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2003–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#4373
2005	#3970
2007	#5201
2008	#3860
2009	#3422
2010	#5707
2011	#4764
2012	#2717
2013	#3160
2014	#1966
2015	#1865
2016	#1416
2017	#1681
2018	#1059
2019	#1439
2020	#1556
2021	#1039
2022	#1556
2023	#1575
2024	#1672

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 20 of the 22 years from 2003 to 2024.

In 2024: #631 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1672 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2003–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2003
First recorded at #4373 among girls in England and Wales in 2003 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2017–2024
Highest recorded position: #621 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2019 (recorded 2017–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1672 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Essie appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 20 years beginning in 2003, and has registered 276 births with the name.

Essie across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Essie's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#4373 (2003)	#1039 (2021)	#1672 (2024)	20 of 22	276 (2003–2024)	33 (2018)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#873 (2017)	#621 (2019)	#631 (2024)	5 of 8	20 (2017–2024)	5 (2019)

Essie by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Essie in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	21	5 of 10	4
2010s	147	10 of 10	15
2020sbusiest	108	5 of 10	22

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 22 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Essie appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #621 in Republic of Ireland in 2019.

Essie's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1672	18	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1575	19	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1556	19	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1039	33	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1556	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1439	21	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1059	33	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1681	18	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1416	23	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1865	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1966	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#631	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#700	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#621	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2003 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #621, first reached in 2019.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 33 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2017, and 14 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Essa · #773, 27y
Essam · #2470, 12y
Esta · #2096, 27y
Estee · #2499, 18y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ameila · #621, 15y
Evelin · #621, 15y
Lukne · #621, 16y
Aderinsola · #620, 15y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Ameila · #621, 15y
Lukne · #621, 16y
Aeva · #620, 10y
Izaan · #620, 21y

Essie was ranked #621 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2019. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Essie and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Essie without appearing here.

Essie moved ahead of

Ellinor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4764 and #3185 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2717 and #5876.
Jeanette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4764 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2717 and #5876.
Belinda Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3160 and #2062 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1966 and #4684.
Debra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5707 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1966 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Essie

Fiadh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1059 and #1436 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1439 and #1063.

Moved the opposite way to Essie

Abigail Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Essie went from #4373 to #1672 while Abigail went from #20 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Essie went from #4373 to #1672 while Aimee went from #51 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Essie went from #4373 to #1672 while Aisling went from #637 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Essie went from #4373 to #1672 while Alex went from #230 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Essie

Ada Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Essie went from #4373 to #1672 and Ada from #1628 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Essie went from #4373 to #1672 and Alma from #2727 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Essie went from #4373 to #1672 and Amelia from #21 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Essie went from #4373 to #1672 and Aria from #1472 to #35.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #621 in Republic of Ireland in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Essie

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Essie across 2 official records

Essie by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Popularity data

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Essie at a glance

Essie across 2 official records

Essie by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Essie

Essie and the names beside it

Essie moved ahead of

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