Enrique
Enrique was given to 517 boys in 2025, #571 among boys’ names; 61,494 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 53,800 Americans named Enrique and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (87% of everyone recorded); the median is 29 years old and half are between 19 and 44.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Enrique by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Enrique mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Enrique is “a male given name, equivalent to English Henry” Its etymology gives the senses “home” (Heim) and “ruler” (rihhi).
From Latin Henrīcus, derived from Old High German Haimirich, composed of Heim (“home”) + rihhi (“ruler”).
/enˈrike/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Enrique?
#571 among boys’ names, 2025
Enrique fell from #430 in 2015 to #571 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.37 to 0.30 per 1,000.
1,542 babies in 2000, the peak
Enrique peaked in 2000, when 1,542 babies were given it (1,537 boys, #221 among boys’ names). The 517 births of 2025 are 34% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 517 | #571 | 0.30 |
| 2024 | 544 | #546 | 0.32 |
| 2023 | 517 | #563 | 0.30 |
| 2022 | 545 | #542 | 0.31 |
| 2021 | 567 | #518 | 0.32 |
| 2020 | 580 | #503 | 0.34 |
| 2019 | 611 | #480 | 0.34 |
| 2018 | 611 | #478 | 0.34 |
| 2017 | 601 | #487 | 0.32 |
| 2016 | 696 | #445 | 0.37 |
Every recorded year (135)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 714 | #430 | 0.37 |
| 2014 | 748 | #416 | 0.39 |
| 2013 | 765 | #390 | 0.40 |
| 2012 | 821 | #370 | 0.43 |
| 2011 | 850 | #354 | 0.45 |
| 2010 | 878 | #350 | 0.46 |
| 2009 | 1,049 | #307 | 0.53 |
| 2008 | 1,221 | #279 | 0.60 |
| 2007 | 1,241 | #277 | 0.60 |
| 2006 | 1,234 | #281 | 0.60 |
| 2005 | 1,259 | #261 | 0.63 |
| 2004 | 1,295 | #256 | 0.65 |
| 2003 | 1,355 | #248 | 0.69 |
| 2002 | 1,301 | #249 | 0.67 |
| 2001 | 1,438 | #236 | 0.74 |
| 2000 | 1,537 | #221 | 0.78 |
| 1999 | 1,436 | #230 | 0.75 |
| 1998 | 1,323 | #237 | 0.69 |
| 1997 | 1,349 | #230 | 0.72 |
| 1996 | 1,326 | #228 | 0.70 |
| 1995 | 1,069 | #262 | 0.56 |
| 1994 | 1,068 | #266 | 0.55 |
| 1993 | 1,067 | #271 | 0.54 |
| 1992 | 1,056 | #270 | 0.53 |
| 1991 | 1,066 | #255 | 0.53 |
| 1990 | 1,022 | #263 | 0.50 |
| 1989 | 888 | #280 | 0.44 |
| 1988 | 755 | #302 | 0.39 |
| 1987 | 729 | #295 | 0.39 |
| 1986 | 773 | #276 | 0.42 |
| 1985 | 700 | #293 | 0.38 |
| 1984 | 715 | #287 | 0.40 |
| 1983 | 777 | #267 | 0.43 |
| 1982 | 755 | #278 | 0.42 |
| 1981 | 736 | #281 | 0.41 |
| 1980 | 797 | #270 | 0.45 |
| 1979 | 710 | #284 | 0.41 |
| 1978 | 631 | #296 | 0.38 |
| 1977 | 579 | #322 | 0.35 |
| 1976 | 646 | #292 | 0.41 |
| 1975 | 643 | #296 | 0.41 |
| 1974 | 623 | #299 | 0.40 |
| 1973 | 614 | #295 | 0.39 |
| 1972 | 597 | #306 | 0.37 |
| 1971 | 540 | #342 | 0.31 |
| 1970 | 583 | #328 | 0.31 |
| 1969 | 540 | #336 | 0.30 |
| 1968 | 454 | #364 | 0.26 |
| 1967 | 453 | #350 | 0.26 |
| 1966 | 424 | #367 | 0.24 |
| 1965 | 371 | #409 | 0.20 |
| 1964 | 430 | #382 | 0.22 |
| 1963 | 412 | #393 | 0.20 |
| 1962 | 377 | #413 | 0.18 |
| 1961 | 373 | #409 | 0.18 |
| 1960 | 366 | #415 | 0.17 |
| 1959 | 358 | #419 | 0.17 |
| 1958 | 316 | #441 | 0.15 |
| 1957 | 308 | #437 | 0.14 |
| 1956 | 276 | #456 | 0.13 |
| 1955 | 277 | #446 | 0.13 |
| 1954 | 280 | #430 | 0.14 |
| 1953 | 274 | #423 | 0.14 |
| 1952 | 267 | #426 | 0.14 |
| 1951 | 240 | #436 | 0.13 |
| 1950 | 233 | #436 | 0.13 |
| 1949 | 223 | #446 | 0.13 |
| 1948 | 223 | #445 | 0.13 |
| 1947 | 218 | #452 | 0.12 |
| 1946 | 202 | #446 | 0.12 |
| 1945 | 163 | #465 | 0.12 |
| 1944 | 154 | #491 | 0.11 |
| 1943 | 160 | #488 | 0.11 |
| 1942 | 144 | #509 | 0.10 |
| 1941 | 123 | #531 | 0.10 |
| 1940 | 123 | #525 | 0.11 |
| 1939 | 111 | #544 | 0.10 |
| 1938 | 126 | #516 | 0.11 |
| 1937 | 136 | #490 | 0.13 |
| 1936 | 121 | #511 | 0.12 |
| 1935 | 106 | #559 | 0.10 |
| 1934 | 107 | #571 | 0.10 |
| 1933 | 123 | #507 | 0.12 |
| 1932 | 145 | #476 | 0.14 |
| 1931 | 152 | #458 | 0.15 |
| 1930 | 178 | #440 | 0.16 |
| 1929 | 187 | #431 | 0.17 |
| 1928 | 194 | #427 | 0.18 |
| 1927 | 163 | #475 | 0.14 |
| 1926 | 159 | #476 | 0.14 |
| 1925 | 151 | #493 | 0.14 |
| 1924 | 148 | #518 | 0.13 |
| 1923 | 114 | #590 | 0.10 |
| 1922 | 123 | #577 | 0.11 |
| 1921 | 99 | #649 | 0.09 |
| 1920 | 94 | #657 | 0.09 |
| 1919 | 87 | #666 | 0.09 |
| 1918 | 72 | #765 | 0.07 |
| 1917 | 74 | #706 | 0.08 |
| 1916 | 47 | #926 | 0.05 |
| 1915 | 68 | #716 | 0.08 |
| 1914 | 48 | #764 | 0.07 |
| 1913 | 31 | #882 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 27 | #862 | 0.06 |
| 1911 | 18 | #764 | 0.08 |
| 1910 | 21 | #642 | 0.11 |
| 1909 | 18 | #640 | 0.11 |
| 1908 | 11 | #847 | 0.07 |
| 1907 | 11 | #832 | 0.07 |
| 1906 | 20 | #509 | 0.15 |
| 1905 | 13 | #676 | 0.10 |
| 1904 | 7 | #999 | 0.05 |
| 1903 | 7 | #940 | 0.06 |
| 1902 | 7 | #961 | 0.06 |
| 1901 | 9 | #746 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 9 | #925 | 0.06 |
| 1898 | 7 | #910 | 0.06 |
| 1896 | 10 | #741 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 10 | #710 | 0.09 |
| 1892 | 7 | #881 | 0.06 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,078 | 0.04 |
| 1885 | 7 | #786 | 0.06 |
| 1883 | 6 | #827 | 0.06 |
| 1882 | 5 | #981 | 0.04 |
| 1880 | 5 | #955 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Enrique a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Enrique has been given almost only to boys: 260 girls in 135 years of records.
Girls and boys named Enrique: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Enrique, and how old are they?
53,800 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 87% of the 61,494 Americans ever recorded as Enrique. The median Enrique alive today is 29 years old; half are between 19 and 44.
The 2020 Census counted 90,043 people named Enrique (188 women and girls, 89,855 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 52,157 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.7 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 484 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,860 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 8,270 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 13,900 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 19,300 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 7,960 |
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 Enrique born?
The states with the most babies named Enrique are California, Texas and Florida, with 58% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 128 | #290 | 2.6× |
| Texas | 109 | #348 | 3.2× |
| Florida | 34 | #518 | 1.0× |
| Arizona | 23 | #334 | 2.3× |
| Washington | 16 | #454 | 0.7× |
| Colorado | 13 | #445 | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 12 | #763 | 0.4× |
| Oklahoma | 12 | #378 | 0.3× |
| Illinois | 11 | #770 | 1.1× |
| North Carolina | 11 | #793 | 0.3× |
Where Enrique is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Enrique is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 3.2 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 Enrique 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 62,107 babies since 1880, Enrique is the most given (99% of them). In 2025 it was given to 517 of their 517 babies (100%), 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 Enrique
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 Enrique and names like it
- Compare Enrique and EnrriqueBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sEnrique peaked in 2000.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Enrique since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Enrique: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2000The year the most babies were named Enrique.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Enrique alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with EMost given first.