Meaning and history
This name comes from the English word essence, meaning either “odour, scent” or “fundamental quality,” and ultimately derives from Latin esse, meaning “to be.”
20062006: 320 births, rank #838
2007: 287 births, rank #944
2008: 274 births, rank #977
2009: 263 births, rank #1,006
2010: 247 births, rank #1,015
20112011: 245 births, rank #1,019
2012: 225 births, rank #1,096
2013: 201 births, rank #1,192
2014: 189 births, rank #1,270
2015: 157 births, rank #1,464
20162016: 136 births, rank #1,614
2017: 148 births, rank #1,495
2018: 155 births, rank #1,425
2019: 149 births, rank #1,474
2020: 186 births, rank #1,227
20212021: 149 births, rank #1,441
2022: 256 births, rank #1,015
2023: 250 births, rank #1,012
2024: 228 births, rank #1,085
20252025: 199 births, rank #1,163
Essence moved from #944 to #979 for girls between 2007 and 2008. Its highest annual birth count came in 1998, with 565 births.