Boys' name · since 2017
Enlil
Since 2017, U.S. Social Security records show 29 babies named Enlil, peaking in 2019. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,064 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,678 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 29
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Enlil currently ranks #11678 among boys' names in America, with 29 babies recorded since 2017.
Enlil has 29 recorded births among boys since 2017, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11678 as of the latest data, more common than 16% of boys, 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 2017 to 2025.
- #26,064 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,678 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 29 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Enlil ranks #26,064 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,678 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 29 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #26,064 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,678 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 29
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Enlil's 29 recorded births place it above 42.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Enlil compares
29 11th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Enlil's all-time total is 92% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Enlil | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 29 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 34 | 22,252 |
Enlil's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Enlil's SSA record in two at 2023 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2017, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2019 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Enlil popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Enlil by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (17 births, 59% of the file).
2020s was Enlil's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Enlil births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 17 births (59% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Enlil: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2017–2025 (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 Enlil 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.