Essence in California
Babies in California
701
since 1978
Rank in California · 2025
#2,276
recorded as girls
Peak year in California
1995
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in California, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Essence in California from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 2,276 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 22 | 1,184 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 13 | 1,702 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 11 | 1,958 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 11 | 1,918 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 6 | 2,848 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,225 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,646 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,676 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,152 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 11 | 2,042 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,725 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 13 | 1,849 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,538 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 16 | 1,629 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 19 | 1,466 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 12 | 2,053 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 16 | 1,673 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 21 | 1,375 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 17 | 1,531 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 20 | 1,361 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 26 | 1,135 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 18 | 1,409 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 15 | 1,575 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 28 | 1,023 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 28 | 1,011 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 38 | 797 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 27 | 981 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 41 | 763 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 43 | 738 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 23 | 1,156 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 18 | 1,381 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 20 | 1,275 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 16 | 1,470 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 6 | 2,836 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 14 | 1,528 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 6 | 2,386 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 10 | 1,663 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 8 | 1,829 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 11 | 1,448 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 12 | 1,348 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 5 | 2,323 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 7 | 1,813 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 7 | 1,801 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 7 | 1,691 | <5 | — |