Ennis
Ennis was given to 8 boys in 2025, #9,153 among boys’ names; 3,524 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,380 Americans named Ennis and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (39% of everyone recorded); the median is 56 years old and half are between 33 and 72.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ennis by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Ennis mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Ennis is “a male given name transferred from the place name.”
Borrowed from Irish Inis.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Ennis?
#9,153 among boys’ names, 2025
Ennis rose from #9,857 in 2015 to #9,153 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 3.7 to 4.7 per million.
70 babies in 1918, the peak
Ennis peaked in 1918, when 70 babies were given it (53 boys, #910 among boys’ names). The 8 births of 2025 are 11% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #9,153 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,988 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 15 | #6,011 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,404 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,820 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,259 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,719 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,449 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,874 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,844 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (140)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 7 | #9,857 | under 0.01 |
| 2014 | 8 | #9,020 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,310 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,356 | under 0.01 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,944 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,191 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,501 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,239 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 11 | #7,067 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,272 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 7 | #9,215 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,947 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,739 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,459 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,857 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,880 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,959 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 36 | #2,321 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,443 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,918 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,794 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,779 | under 0.01 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,600 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 14 | #4,032 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,601 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,534 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,795 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,705 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,137 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,301 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,626 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,349 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 21 | #2,365 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,864 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 23 | #2,182 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 21 | #2,232 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 24 | #2,027 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 28 | #1,796 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,475 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 19 | #2,214 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 26 | #1,746 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 28 | #1,661 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 20 | #2,074 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 30 | #1,555 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 41 | #1,237 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 20 | #1,800 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 19 | #1,827 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 16 | #1,987 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 17 | #1,945 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 20 | #1,811 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 21 | #1,753 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 23 | #1,680 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 34 | #1,373 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 28 | #1,532 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 27 | #1,528 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 20 | #1,785 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 35 | #1,323 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 35 | #1,304 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 35 | #1,277 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 30 | #1,388 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 44 | #1,110 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 43 | #1,122 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,311 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 34 | #1,237 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 35 | #1,211 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 35 | #1,220 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 32 | #1,304 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 45 | #1,024 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 33 | #1,145 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 33 | #1,161 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 49 | #965 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 35 | #1,173 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 34 | #1,136 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 37 | #1,075 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 45 | #936 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 46 | #931 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 33 | #1,153 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 34 | #1,125 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 34 | #1,130 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 46 | #932 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 38 | #1,057 | 0.04 |
| 1932 | 43 | #1,011 | 0.04 |
| 1931 | 37 | #1,114 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 40 | #1,094 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 51 | #945 | 0.05 |
| 1928 | 42 | #1,083 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 51 | #985 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 45 | #1,039 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 42 | #1,079 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 39 | #1,160 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 53 | #942 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 62 | #874 | 0.06 |
| 1921 | 43 | #1,074 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 53 | #950 | 0.05 |
| 1919 | 50 | #951 | 0.05 |
| 1918 | 53 | #910 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 44 | #985 | 0.05 |
| 1916 | 48 | #919 | 0.05 |
| 1915 | 52 | #859 | 0.06 |
| 1914 | 41 | #841 | 0.06 |
| 1913 | 31 | #881 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 32 | #769 | 0.07 |
| 1911 | 16 | #837 | 0.07 |
| 1910 | 24 | #586 | 0.12 |
| 1909 | 17 | #661 | 0.10 |
| 1908 | 14 | #721 | 0.09 |
| 1907 | 14 | #714 | 0.10 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,042 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 10 | #776 | 0.08 |
| 1903 | 9 | #810 | 0.08 |
| 1902 | 10 | #759 | 0.08 |
| 1901 | 12 | #613 | 0.11 |
| 1900 | 18 | #588 | 0.12 |
| 1899 | 7 | #883 | 0.07 |
| 1898 | 9 | #767 | 0.07 |
| 1897 | 11 | #661 | 0.10 |
| 1896 | 10 | #740 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,011 | 0.05 |
| 1894 | 8 | #806 | 0.07 |
| 1893 | 6 | #939 | 0.05 |
| 1892 | 11 | #653 | 0.09 |
| 1890 | 8 | #768 | 0.07 |
| 1889 | 8 | #739 | 0.07 |
| 1888 | 10 | #665 | 0.08 |
| 1887 | 10 | #600 | 0.10 |
| 1884 | 9 | #676 | 0.08 |
| 1883 | 6 | #826 | 0.06 |
| 1882 | 8 | #721 | 0.07 |
| 1881 | 6 | #808 | 0.06 |
| 1880 | 5 | #954 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Ennis a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,524 Americans recorded as Ennis, 9% are girls and 91% boys. In 2025 it went to 8 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Ennis: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ennis, and how old are they?
1,380 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 39% of the 3,524 Americans ever recorded as Ennis. The median Ennis alive today is 56 years old; half are between 33 and 72.
The 2020 Census counted 1,360 people named Ennis (156 women and girls, 1,204 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,522 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 153 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 420 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 322 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 158 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 183 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 138 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Ennis born?
The states with the most babies named Ennis are Texas, Georgia and North Carolina, with 78% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 516 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| Georgia | 117 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| North Carolina | 70 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Alabama | 69 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Louisiana | 40 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| California | 22 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Oklahoma | 16 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Florida | 15 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| New York | 14 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Virginia | 10 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Ennis is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Ennis is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 2.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Ennis with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 7,515 babies since 1880, Ennis is the second most given (47% of them). In 2025 it was given to 8 of their 46 babies (17%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Ennis
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Ennis and names like it
- Compare Ennis and EnosBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sEnnis peaked in 1918.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ennis since 1910.
- From place namesWiktionary’s origin for Ennis: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Ennis.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Ennis alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with EMost given first.