Enola
Enola was given to 44 girls in 2025, #3,482 among girls’ names; 3,084 Americans have been recorded with it since 1885 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,300 Americans named Enola and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (42% of everyone recorded); the median is 48 years old and half are between 6 and 72.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Enola by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Enola mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Enola is “a female given name.”
Created for the titular character in the 1886 American novel Enola, derived from alone spelled backwards.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Enola?
#3,482 among girls’ names, 2025
Enola rose from #10,357 in 2015 to #3,482 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 5.6 to 27.4 per million.
99 babies in 1953, the peak
Enola peaked in 1953, when 99 girls were given it, #950 among girls’ names. The 44 births of 2025 are 44% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #3,482 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,900 | 0.04 |
| 2023 | 70 | #2,527 | 0.04 |
| 2022 | 57 | #2,935 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 90 | #2,108 | 0.05 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,719 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,684 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,888 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,195 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 14 | #8,128 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (126)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10 | #10,357 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,795 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,546 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 5 | #17,683 | under 0.01 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,626 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,658 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,642 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,409 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,216 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,597 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,484 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,401 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 13 | #8,138 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 6 | #14,139 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,939 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,712 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,652 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,882 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 8 | #10,082 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,856 | under 0.01 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,440 | under 0.01 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,953 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,332 | under 0.01 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,545 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 5 | #10,075 | under 0.01 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,724 | under 0.01 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,494 | under 0.01 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,891 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,812 | under 0.01 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,752 | under 0.01 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,710 | under 0.01 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,335 | under 0.01 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,589 | under 0.01 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,880 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,392 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,423 | under 0.01 |
| 1965 | 20 | #2,766 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 23 | #2,615 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 24 | #2,499 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 19 | #2,843 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 22 | #2,630 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,269 | under 0.01 |
| 1959 | 22 | #2,473 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 32 | #1,951 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 32 | #1,934 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 40 | #1,684 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 43 | #1,558 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 55 | #1,352 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 99 | #950 | 0.05 |
| 1952 | 12 | #3,250 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,789 | under 0.01 |
| 1950 | 15 | #2,701 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 19 | #2,293 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 16 | #2,521 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,671 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 20 | #2,111 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 26 | #1,629 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 16 | #2,230 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 18 | #2,099 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 29 | #1,540 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 26 | #1,546 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 24 | #1,604 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 35 | #1,248 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,715 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 27 | #1,427 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 24 | #1,518 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 26 | #1,461 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 32 | #1,272 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 36 | #1,183 | 0.04 |
| 1932 | 25 | #1,535 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 39 | #1,152 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 38 | #1,218 | 0.03 |
| 1929 | 46 | #1,080 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 43 | #1,165 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 48 | #1,102 | 0.04 |
| 1926 | 65 | #927 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 54 | #1,024 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 58 | #1,006 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 46 | #1,133 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 71 | #869 | 0.06 |
| 1921 | 57 | #992 | 0.05 |
| 1920 | 73 | #846 | 0.06 |
| 1919 | 62 | #893 | 0.05 |
| 1918 | 68 | #871 | 0.06 |
| 1917 | 55 | #936 | 0.05 |
| 1916 | 61 | #875 | 0.06 |
| 1915 | 59 | #851 | 0.06 |
| 1914 | 43 | #890 | 0.06 |
| 1913 | 38 | #857 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 33 | #878 | 0.06 |
| 1911 | 29 | #804 | 0.07 |
| 1910 | 22 | #923 | 0.06 |
| 1909 | 19 | #944 | 0.05 |
| 1908 | 21 | #857 | 0.06 |
| 1907 | 20 | #850 | 0.06 |
| 1906 | 14 | #1,012 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 19 | #855 | 0.07 |
| 1904 | 22 | #757 | 0.08 |
| 1903 | 13 | #993 | 0.05 |
| 1902 | 16 | #882 | 0.06 |
| 1901 | 13 | #933 | 0.05 |
| 1900 | 19 | #868 | 0.06 |
| 1899 | 10 | #1,046 | 0.04 |
| 1898 | 16 | #853 | 0.06 |
| 1897 | 10 | #1,058 | 0.04 |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,337 | 0.03 |
| 1895 | 15 | #827 | 0.06 |
| 1894 | 16 | #759 | 0.07 |
| 1893 | 22 | #617 | 0.10 |
| 1892 | 12 | #869 | 0.06 |
| 1891 | 11 | #856 | 0.06 |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,253 | 0.03 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,184 | 0.03 |
| 1887 | 9 | #810 | 0.06 |
| 1886 | 7 | #925 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 6 | #960 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Enola a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Enola has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 126 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Enola: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Enola, and how old are they?
1,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 42% of the 3,084 Americans ever recorded as Enola. The median Enola alive today is 48 years old; half are between 6 and 72.
The 2020 Census counted 1,080 people named Enola (1,076 women and girls, 4 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,135 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 138 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 412 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 115 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 14 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 183 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 429 |
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 Enola born?
The states with the most babies named Enola are Louisiana, Texas and California, with 91% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Louisiana is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 713 | not ranked | 12.7× |
| Texas | 34 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| California | 13 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Florida | 11 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Tennessee | 11 | #1,187 | 0.2× |
| Virginia | 11 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| New York | 10 | not ranked | 0.0× |
| Indiana | 6 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Kentucky | 6 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Arkansas | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Enola is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Enola is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 12.7 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 girls’ 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 Enola 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 4 names spelled alike, given to 3,669 babies since 1880, Enola is the most given (84% of them). In 2025 it was given to 44 of their 66 babies (67%), again the 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 Enola
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 Enola and names like it
- Compare Enola and EniolaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sEnola peaked in 1953.
- Louisiana’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Enola since 1910.
- The top names of 1953The year the most babies were named Enola.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Enola alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with EMost given first.