Ena
Ena was given to 44 girls in 2025, #3,481 among girls’ names; 3,587 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,040 Americans named Ena and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (57% of everyone recorded); the median is 31 years old and half are between 13 and 56.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ena by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Ena?
#3,481 among girls’ names, 2025
Ena fell from #3,311 in 2015 to #3,481 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born held at 27.4 per million.
89 babies in 1906, the peak
Ena peaked in 1906, when 89 girls were given it, #352 among girls’ names. The 44 births of 2025 are 49% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #3,481 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 34 | #4,231 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,727 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 48 | #3,333 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 47 | #3,355 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 41 | #3,639 | 0.03 |
| 2019 | 47 | #3,351 | 0.03 |
| 2018 | 44 | #3,523 | 0.03 |
| 2017 | 42 | #3,649 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 40 | #3,803 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (143)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 49 | #3,311 | 0.03 |
| 2014 | 36 | #4,130 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 46 | #3,416 | 0.03 |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,413 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 31 | #4,598 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,892 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,641 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,055 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,499 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,612 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 27 | #4,866 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 40 | #3,645 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 28 | #4,576 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 34 | #3,832 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,060 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,836 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,619 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,835 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,588 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,841 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,757 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,521 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,157 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,905 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,853 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,580 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,551 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,384 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,340 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,285 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,913 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,299 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,717 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,063 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 28 | #3,090 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 20 | #3,887 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,090 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,416 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 26 | #3,019 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 32 | #2,498 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,187 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 25 | #2,856 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 33 | #2,322 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 39 | #2,033 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 30 | #2,498 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 40 | #2,054 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 33 | #2,220 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 28 | #2,319 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 24 | #2,512 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 30 | #2,157 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 22 | #2,622 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 22 | #2,697 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 22 | #2,640 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 20 | #2,758 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 18 | #2,990 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 25 | #2,389 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 29 | #2,117 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 20 | #2,596 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 24 | #2,298 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 20 | #2,558 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 20 | #2,493 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 22 | #2,321 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 16 | #2,724 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 13 | #3,081 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 20 | #2,265 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,497 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,772 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 19 | #2,277 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,942 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 15 | #2,513 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,640 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,660 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,850 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 10 | #3,050 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,082 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 16 | #2,050 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,902 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 20 | #1,769 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,806 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,899 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,945 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 22 | #1,618 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,741 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 28 | #1,430 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 25 | #1,519 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 25 | #1,582 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 43 | #1,124 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 38 | #1,242 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 33 | #1,412 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 41 | #1,202 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 48 | #1,107 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 41 | #1,249 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 37 | #1,288 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 46 | #1,132 | 0.04 |
| 1921 | 43 | #1,173 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 57 | #970 | 0.05 |
| 1919 | 36 | #1,277 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 42 | #1,154 | 0.04 |
| 1917 | 40 | #1,133 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 43 | #1,070 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 48 | #958 | 0.05 |
| 1914 | 37 | #975 | 0.05 |
| 1913 | 39 | #843 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 31 | #908 | 0.06 |
| 1911 | 31 | #779 | 0.07 |
| 1910 | 28 | #815 | 0.07 |
| 1909 | 33 | #696 | 0.10 |
| 1908 | 27 | #748 | 0.08 |
| 1907 | 52 | #497 | 0.16 |
| 1906 | 89 | #352 | 0.30 |
| 1905 | 16 | #940 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,390 | 0.03 |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,239 | 0.03 |
| 1902 | 12 | #1,042 | 0.05 |
| 1901 | 13 | #932 | 0.05 |
| 1900 | 15 | #987 | 0.05 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,676 | 0.02 |
| 1898 | 10 | #1,125 | 0.04 |
| 1897 | 9 | #1,108 | 0.04 |
| 1896 | 10 | #1,068 | 0.04 |
| 1895 | 12 | #951 | 0.05 |
| 1894 | 12 | #919 | 0.05 |
| 1893 | 8 | #1,117 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 8 | #1,111 | 0.04 |
| 1891 | 8 | #1,035 | 0.04 |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,131 | 0.04 |
| 1889 | 10 | #861 | 0.06 |
| 1888 | 10 | #853 | 0.06 |
| 1887 | 8 | #883 | 0.05 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,158 | 0.03 |
| 1884 | 13 | #595 | 0.10 |
| 1881 | 5 | #861 | 0.05 |
| 1880 | 5 | #862 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Ena a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Ena has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 143 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Ena: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ena, and how old are they?
2,040 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 57% of the 3,587 Americans ever recorded as Ena. The median Ena alive today is 31 years old; half are between 13 and 56.
The 2020 Census counted 4,587 people named Ena (4,555 women and girls, 32 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,925 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.4 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 89 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 285 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 411 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 259 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 437 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 556 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Ena born?
The states with the most babies named Ena are California, New York and Texas, with 79% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 244 | #2,882 | 0.9× |
| New York | 99 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Texas | 62 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Louisiana | 46 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 12 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Florida | 11 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Kentucky | 10 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Tennessee | 6 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Arizona | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Michigan | 5 | not ranked | 0.0× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Ena with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 8,940 babies since 1880, Ena is the most given (40% of them). In 2025 it was given to 44 of their 155 babies (28%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Ena
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Ena and names like it
- Compare Ena and EunaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1900sEna peaked in 1906.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ena since 1910.
- The top names of 1906The year the most babies were named Ena.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Ena alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with EMost given first.