Essex Popularity by Year
Follow Essex across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Essex 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 | 21 | #4,707 | Up 736 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 17 | #5,443 | Up 223 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 16 | #5,666 | Up 1,162 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 8 | #11,169 | — |
| 2022 | Boys | 12 | #6,828 | Up 261 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 11 | #7,089 | Up 3,686 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 6 | #10,775 | Down 31 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 6 | #10,744 | Down 100 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 6 | #10,644 | Up 1,492 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 5 | #12,136 | Up 151 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 5 | #12,287 | Up 204 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 5 | #12,491 | Up 62 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 5 | #12,553 | Down 1,197 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 5 | #11,356 | Down 3,017 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 7 | #8,339 | Down 3,486 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 8 | #4,853 | Up 502 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 6 | #5,355 | Down 937 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 7 | #4,418 | Down 759 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 9 | #3,659 | Up 975 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 6 | #4,634 | Down 193 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 6 | #4,441 | Down 475 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 5 | #3,966 | Down 869 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 8 | #3,097 | Up 455 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 6 | #3,552 | Down 336 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 7 | #3,216 | Down 252 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 8 | #2,964 | Up 834 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 5 | #3,798 | Down 425 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 6 | #3,373 | Down 529 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 8 | #2,844 | Down 42 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 8 | #2,802 | Up 866 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 5 | #3,668 | Up 65 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 5 | #3,733 | Down 208 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 5 | #3,525 | Down 187 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 5 | #3,338 | Down 775 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 9 | #2,563 | Up 309 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 7 | #2,872 | Up 587 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 5 | #3,459 | Down 850 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 8 | #2,609 | Up 566 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 6 | #3,175 | Up 470 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 5 | #3,645 | Down 781 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 8 | #2,864 | Up 158 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 8 | #3,022 | Down 570 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 11 | #2,452 | Up 1,758 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 5 | #4,210 | Down 1,071 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 8 | #3,139 | Up 602 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 6 | #3,741 | Up 606 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 5 | #4,347 | Down 1,575 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 10 | #2,772 | Up 1,097 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 6 | #3,869 | Down 54 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 6 | #3,815 | Down 1,150 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 10 | #2,665 | Up 1,063 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 6 | #3,728 | Up 253 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 5 | #3,981 | Down 1,152 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 8 | #2,829 | Up 435 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 5 | #3,264 | Down 2,127 places |
| 1902 | Boys | 5 | #1,137 | Down 36 places |
| 1896 | Boys | 5 | #1,101 | Down 314 places |
| 1894 | Boys | 8 | #787 | Up 176 places |
| 1891 | Boys | 5 | #963 | Up 11 places |
| 1889 | Boys | 5 | #974 | Down 82 places |
| 1883 | Boys | 5 | #892 | Up 51 places |
| 1882 | Boys | 5 | #943 | — |