Essence Popularity by Year
Follow Essence across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Essence birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 6 | #10,695 | Up 243 places |
| 2025 | Girls | 199 | #1,163 | Down 78 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 6 | #10,938 | Up 1,208 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 228 | #1,085 | Down 73 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 250 | #1,012 | Up 3 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 256 | #1,015 | Up 426 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 5 | #12,146 | — |
| 2021 | Girls | 149 | #1,441 | Down 214 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 186 | #1,227 | Up 247 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 149 | #1,474 | Down 49 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 155 | #1,425 | Up 70 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 148 | #1,495 | Up 119 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 136 | #1,614 | Down 150 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 157 | #1,464 | Down 194 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 189 | #1,270 | Down 78 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 201 | #1,192 | Down 96 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 225 | #1,096 | Down 77 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 245 | #1,019 | Down 4 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 247 | #1,015 | Down 9 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 263 | #1,006 | Down 29 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 274 | #977 | Down 33 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 287 | #944 | Down 106 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 320 | #838 | Up 90 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 268 | #928 | Down 115 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 308 | #813 | Down 64 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 333 | #749 | Up 97 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 273 | #846 | Down 105 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 322 | #741 | Down 158 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 447 | #583 | Down 92 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 529 | #491 | Down 35 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 565 | #456 | Up 86 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 440 | #542 | No rank change |
| 1996 | Girls | 431 | #542 | Down 52 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 502 | #490 | Up 285 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 262 | #775 | Up 42 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 245 | #817 | Up 59 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 226 | #876 | Up 97 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 193 | #973 | Up 246 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 138 | #1,219 | Up 164 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 109 | #1,383 | Up 1 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 102 | #1,384 | Up 20 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 95 | #1,404 | Up 1 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 91 | #1,405 | Up 305 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 67 | #1,710 | Down 264 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 80 | #1,446 | Down 226 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 104 | #1,220 | Up 388 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 72 | #1,608 | Up 477 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 49 | #2,085 | Up 69 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 47 | #2,154 | Down 177 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 52 | #1,977 | Up 373 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 38 | #2,350 | Up 733 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 25 | #3,083 | Up 12 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 23 | #3,095 | Up 542 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 18 | #3,637 | Down 79 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 18 | #3,558 | Up 2,522 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 8 | #6,080 | — |