NameTides

Essence

Essence was the #1,163 girls' name in the US in 2025 (199 babies), and #5,927 in England & Wales.

Essence as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Essence as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Essence as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,163 (199)#5,927 (3)—
2024#1,085 (228)—#3,383 (5)
2023#1,012 (250)——
2022#1,015 (256)#3,971 (5)#2,835 (6)
2021#1,441 (149)——
2020#1,227 (186)—#3,251 (5)
2019#1,474 (149)#4,001 (5)—
2018#1,425 (155)—#2,892 (6)
2017#1,495 (148)——
2016#1,614 (136)——
2015#1,464 (157)#5,730 (3)#2,891 (6)
2014#1,270 (189)——
2013#1,192 (201)——
2012#1,096 (225)——
2011#1,019 (245)—#2,348 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1998 at #456.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1973.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,100 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 8,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Essence is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,100 to 1 in 10,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Essence by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,113ILMichigan: #735MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #916INOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #927PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,276CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #662VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #1,127TNNorth Carolina: #834NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #677LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #710GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,062TXFlorida: #825FL
Essence (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EssenceCanadaGirls—too few
EssenceEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
EssenceUSGirls#1,163199
EssenceUSBoys#10,6956