Girls' name · since 1959
Enita
Enita has 10 recorded births since 1959 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1959 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #55,191 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1959
- 1950s
- peak decade
10 girls have been named Enita since 1959, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Enita has 10 recorded births among girls since 1959, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 1968.
- #55,191 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 10 born since 1959
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Enita ranks #55,191 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 1959, peaking in the 1950s.
- #55,191 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1959
- 1950s
- peak decade
Enita's 10 recorded births place it above 21.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Enita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Enita splits its recorded history at 1968: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1959 (5 births).
Enita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–1968
- Peak year (1959)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Enita by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (5 births, 50% of the file).
1950s was Enita's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Enita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 5 births (50% of all-time use).
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What to do with Enita's data
- Enita's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 1960s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Enita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1959)
Similar record span (~9 yrs)
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, 1959–1968 (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 Enita 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.