Ender — #1564 US boys' name
1,764 babies named Ender in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 89% of names given to boys today.
54% of everyone ever named Ender was born in this single decade.
153 babies were named Ender in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ender
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,764 babies named Ender between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ender currently holds the #1564 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 153 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ender performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 951 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ender shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 223 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Utah. In total, SSA state-level files list Ender in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ender in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,764 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ender at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Ender popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1991
- Peak year (2022)
- 153
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
Currently ranks #1564 among boys.
1,764 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 153 births in a single year.
Ender popularity over time — girls
19 total births recorded since 2020 (Ender as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Ender accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ender by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 951 births that decade — 54% of Ender's all-time total
Ender decade highlights
- Peak decade 951 births
- Runner-up 603 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ender's strongest decade
951 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Ender by state
Where Ender concentrates geographically — total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 223 | 12.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 127 | 7.2% |
| #3 | Utah | | 74 | 4.2% |
| #4 | Washington | | 74 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Florida | | 54 | 3.1% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 34 | 1.9% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 24 | 1.4% |
| #8 | New York | | 21 | 1.2% |
223 of 1,764 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 12.6% of nationwide
- Texas 7.2% of nationwide
- Utah 4.2% of nationwide
- Washington 4.2% of nationwide
- Florida 3.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 22 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 12.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Ender appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1991–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.