Enes — unisex name
394 babies named Enes in U.S. Social Security records since 1909, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Enes was born in this single decade.
31 babies were named Enes in 1915 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Enes
The Social Security Administration has registered 394 babies named Enes between 1909 and 1936, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Enes currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1936. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 31 babies received it in a single year. Enes is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 265 additional births since 1997.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Enes performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 178 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Enes shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 47 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Enes in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Enes 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 394 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.
Enes at a glance
Last recorded 1936Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Enes popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1936–1909
- Peak year (1915)
- 31
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1936.
394 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1915 with 31 births in a single year.
Enes popularity over time — boys
265 total births recorded since 1997 (Enes as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Enes accounts for 40% of total recorded use across both genders.
Enes by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 178 births that decade — 45% of Enes's all-time total
Enes decade highlights
- Peak decade 178 births
- Runner-up 170 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Enes's strongest decade
178 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Enes by state
Where Enes concentrates geographically — total births since 1909
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 47 | 11.9% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 18 | 4.6% |
| #3 | California | | 12 | 3.0% |
| #4 | Massachusetts | | 11 | 2.8% |
47 of 394 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 11.9% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.6% of nationwide
- California 3.0% of nationwide
- Massachusetts 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 11.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1909–1936 (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.