Boys' name · since 2009

Enam

54 babies named Enam in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#21,635 of 45,481
all-time among boys
54
born since 2009
2020s
peak decade

Enam is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 54 have been recorded since 2009.

Enam has 54 recorded births among boys since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2024.

  • #21,635 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • 54 born since 2009
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Enam ranks #21,635 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 54 born since 2009, peaking in the 2020s.

#21,635 of 45,481
all-time among boys
54
born since 2009
2020s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Enam's 54 recorded births place it above 52.24% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Enam's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Enam's full recorded timeline at 2021, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2015, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Enam popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2024

Last recorded 2024
Peak year (2024)
11
Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
4681012 20092015201720182021202220232024 11

Enam by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (31 births, 57% of the file).

2020s was Enam's strongest decade.

31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.

Enam births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 31 births (57% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Enam? ▼
Enam has been given to 54 babies in the U.S. since 2009, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #21,635 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 2024. 11 babies were born in 2024, its single highest year.
Where does Enam sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Enam ranks #21,635 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Enam most popular? ▼
Enam was most popular in the 2020s decade with 31 total births. The single peak year was 2024.
How long has the name Enam been used? ▼
Enam has been recorded in Social Security data since 2009, spanning 16 years of data through 2024.
What names are similar to Enam? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Enan, Enael, Enai. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Enam: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2009–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Enam draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.