Acronym for the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network
A modern American coinage created by using the acronym of the sports television network ESPN as a given name. It first gained public attention in the early 2000s as a unique choice for sports-enthusiast parents.
Less common today
Espn isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #4,864 in 2006.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
One of the first children documented to be given the name in 2002
