Enos
Enos was given to 38 boys in 2025, #3,147 among boys’ names; 3,991 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,090 Americans named Enos and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (52% of everyone recorded); the median is 34 years old and half are between 16 and 57.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Enos by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Enos mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Enos is “a male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.” Its etymology gives the sense “mortal man” (אֱנוֹשׁ).
From Hebrew אֱנוֹשׁ (enósh, “mortal man”).
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Enos?
#3,147 among boys’ names, 2025
Enos rose from #3,312 in 2015 to #3,147 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 17.7 to 22.2 per million.
61 babies in 1921, the peak
Enos peaked in 1921, when 61 boys were given it, #896 among boys’ names. The 38 births of 2025 are 62% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,147 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,234 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,134 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 31 | #3,639 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 28 | #3,839 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 35 | #3,220 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 41 | #2,957 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 31 | #3,553 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,142 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 39 | #3,019 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 34 | #3,312 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,042 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,221 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 35 | #3,186 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 44 | #2,714 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 32 | #3,394 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,156 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,060 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,040 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,266 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,237 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 35 | #2,901 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 36 | #2,742 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 39 | #2,516 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 36 | #2,632 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 30 | #2,934 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 30 | #2,815 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 30 | #2,727 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 31 | #2,561 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 30 | #2,550 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 35 | #2,258 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 36 | #2,226 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 29 | #2,525 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 24 | #2,862 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 22 | #2,929 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,886 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 27 | #2,423 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 29 | #2,154 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 33 | #1,904 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 23 | #2,376 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 17 | #2,863 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,463 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 23 | #2,228 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 28 | #1,944 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 32 | #1,781 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 26 | #2,074 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 37 | #1,580 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 19 | #2,401 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 32 | #1,683 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 26 | #1,893 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 15 | #2,670 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 20 | #2,153 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 29 | #1,620 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 24 | #1,837 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 23 | #1,878 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 13 | #2,657 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 24 | #1,690 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,793 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 23 | #1,620 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 15 | #2,072 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 21 | #1,736 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 22 | #1,707 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 19 | #1,852 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 18 | #1,912 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 23 | #1,700 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 23 | #1,704 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 20 | #1,819 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 30 | #1,427 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 33 | #1,368 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 33 | #1,346 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 29 | #1,431 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 29 | #1,416 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 23 | #1,603 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 28 | #1,439 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,386 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 40 | #1,127 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 34 | #1,233 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 30 | #1,332 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 29 | #1,374 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 26 | #1,391 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,459 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 30 | #1,220 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 43 | #1,024 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 34 | #1,197 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 29 | #1,238 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 27 | #1,294 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 30 | #1,204 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 29 | #1,228 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 35 | #1,102 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 37 | #1,057 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 23 | #1,432 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 39 | #1,044 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 28 | #1,257 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 29 | #1,268 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 30 | #1,262 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 38 | #1,138 | 0.03 |
| 1929 | 34 | #1,201 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 48 | #994 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 53 | #955 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 51 | #957 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 57 | #892 | 0.05 |
| 1924 | 53 | #969 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 49 | #1,000 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 49 | #1,011 | 0.05 |
| 1921 | 61 | #896 | 0.06 |
| 1920 | 44 | #1,054 | 0.04 |
| 1919 | 58 | #867 | 0.06 |
| 1918 | 47 | #976 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 50 | #902 | 0.05 |
| 1916 | 47 | #925 | 0.05 |
| 1915 | 52 | #860 | 0.06 |
| 1914 | 39 | #871 | 0.06 |
| 1913 | 25 | #1,003 | 0.05 |
| 1912 | 33 | #759 | 0.08 |
| 1911 | 17 | #802 | 0.08 |
| 1910 | 13 | #886 | 0.07 |
| 1909 | 12 | #860 | 0.07 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,046 | 0.05 |
| 1907 | 16 | #643 | 0.11 |
| 1906 | 10 | #811 | 0.08 |
| 1905 | 9 | #860 | 0.07 |
| 1904 | 13 | #656 | 0.10 |
| 1903 | 12 | #669 | 0.10 |
| 1902 | 7 | #960 | 0.06 |
| 1901 | 9 | #745 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 9 | #924 | 0.06 |
| 1899 | 8 | #808 | 0.08 |
| 1898 | 20 | #458 | 0.16 |
| 1897 | 6 | #980 | 0.05 |
| 1896 | 8 | #846 | 0.07 |
| 1895 | 10 | #709 | 0.09 |
| 1894 | 11 | #641 | 0.10 |
| 1893 | 14 | #517 | 0.12 |
| 1892 | 14 | #557 | 0.11 |
| 1891 | 7 | #792 | 0.07 |
| 1890 | 12 | #577 | 0.11 |
| 1889 | 6 | #909 | 0.05 |
| 1888 | 20 | #420 | 0.17 |
| 1887 | 12 | #525 | 0.12 |
| 1886 | 15 | #481 | 0.14 |
| 1885 | 24 | #357 | 0.22 |
| 1884 | 19 | #418 | 0.17 |
| 1883 | 19 | #407 | 0.18 |
| 1882 | 16 | #458 | 0.14 |
| 1881 | 17 | #421 | 0.17 |
| 1880 | 14 | #490 | 0.13 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Enos a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Enos has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 146 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Enos: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Enos, and how old are they?
2,090 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 52% of the 3,991 Americans ever recorded as Enos. The median Enos alive today is 34 years old; half are between 16 and 57.
The 2020 Census counted 2,154 people named Enos (14 women and girls, 2,140 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,057 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 108 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 336 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 317 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 409 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 481 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 435 |
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 Enos born?
The states with the most babies named Enos are Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, with 80% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Indiana is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 519 | #585 | 2.4× |
| Ohio | 161 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Indiana | 124 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| New York | 55 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Louisiana | 32 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Texas | 26 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Missouri | 14 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Kentucky | 12 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Wisconsin | 12 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Mississippi | 11 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Enos is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Enos is most over-represented in Pennsylvania: since 1910 it was given 2.4 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 Enos 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, Enos is the most given (53% of them). In 2025 it was given to 38 of their 46 babies (83%), 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 Enos
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 Enos and names like it
- Compare Enos and EnnisBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sEnos peaked in 1921.
- Pennsylvania’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Enos since 1910.
- Hebrew namesWiktionary’s origin for Enos: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Enos.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Enos alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with EMost given first.