2025 rank (boys)
#12,008
Babies named in 2025
5
Peak popularity
2022
2025 frequency
1 in 341,615 boys
Usually for
Boys
Trend
Holding steady
Holding steady, #12,008 for boys today.
Popularity of Essien since 2006
Babies named Essien per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 2012, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Essien's real moment was 2022.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Boys |
|---|---|
| 2000s | 16 |
| 2010s | 29 |
| 2020s | 13 |
