Recorded 2001–2011 Girls' name Peak 2005 35 births

Eniah — girls' name

35 babies named Eniah in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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2000s
Peak decade

66% of everyone ever named Eniah was born in this single decade.

2005
Single peak year

7 babies were named Eniah in 2005 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Eniah

The Social Security Administration has registered 35 babies named Eniah between 2001 and 2011, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Eniah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Eniah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Eniah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Eniah 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 35 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.

Eniah at a glance

Last recorded 2011

Total births

35

Since 2001

11 years of records

Peak year

2005

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2011

Active since

2001

Recorded for 11 years

Last year on file: 2011

Eniah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2001

Last recorded 2011
Peak year (2005)
7
Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
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Eniah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
23 births that decade — 66% of Eniah's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Eniah?
35 babies have been named Eniah since 2001. It was last recorded in 2011. The peak year was 2005 with 7 births.
When was Eniah most popular?
Eniah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 23 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
How long has the name Eniah been used?
Eniah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2001, spanning 11 years of data through 2011.
What names are similar to Eniah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Enid, Eniyah, Eniya, Eniola, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2001–2011 (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.