Is Essa a boy or girl name?

Essa is a unisex name. Of the 986 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 22.9% were girls and 77.1% were boys.

Essa

Recorded 1885–2025 · United States

Essa was most popular in 2022, when 71 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,469 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,897, with 61 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 986 people named Essa.

Essa over time

Births per year. The dot marks Essa’s peak in 2022. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Essa a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Essa is a unisex name — 22.9% of the 986 Americans given it were girls and 77.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 20% girls and 80% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Essa

Where Essa is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

New York 4.9×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org