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Essam

100% boys · 9 born in 2025

Essam has been given to about 148 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2015, which makes it a current name.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables2
Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 146
Median age today11 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Essam per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2015 · 13
  • Born in 20259
  • All time148
  • England & Wales, 20255

How popular is Essam?

Its best year was 2015, when 13 babies were given the name, ranking 6442nd. The typical living American called Essam is about 11 years old today.

Names that sound like Essam

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Sam0.71
  2. Eliam0.65
  3. Beckham0.61
  4. Bertram0.57
  5. Adam0.53
  6. Liam0.53
  7. Evan0.51
  8. Edgar0.51

Middle names for Essam

Ranked by flow score
  1. Essam John0.77
  2. Essam Lee0.77
  3. Essam Dean0.76
  4. Essam Bryce0.76
  5. Essam Ross0.76
  6. Essam Quinn0.76

Sibling names for Essam

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Bryerbrother · 0.81
  2. Hazielbrother · 0.80
  3. Bodebrother · 0.80
  4. Ayaneither · 0.80
  5. Neriahsister · 0.79
  6. Seraphinasister · 0.79

Where Essam is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Essam Anderson0.74
    2. Essam White0.72
    3. Essam Reyes0.72
    4. Essam Nguyen0.72
    5. Essam Lee0.72
    6. Essam Hill0.72

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Essam

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. England & Wales1996–2025
    3. Scotland1974–2020
    4. France1900–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.