Girls' name · since 1940
Enza
501 babies named Enza in U.S. Social Security records since 1940, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,849 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,928 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 501
- born since 1940
- 1970s
- peak decade
Enza currently ranks #8928 among girls' names in America, with 501 babies recorded since 1940.
Enza has 501 recorded births among girls since 1940, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8928 as of the latest data, more common than 48% of girls, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1940 to 2025.
- #11,849 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,928 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 501 born since 1940
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Enza ranks #11,849 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,928 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 501 born since 1940, peaking in the 1970s.
- #11,849 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,928 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 501
- born since 1940
- 1970s
- peak decade
Enza's 501 recorded births place it above 83.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Enza compares
501 Top 45% higher than 55% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Enza's all-time total is 33% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Enza | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 501 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Enza's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Enza's SSA record in two at 1985 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1940, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1970 peak of 23, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Enza popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1940–2025
- Peak year (1970)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 86 years of records
Enza by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (134 births, 27% of the file).
1970s was Enza's strongest decade.
134 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Enza births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s
1960s
86 births
- 1970s
1970s
134 births
- 1980s
1980s
54 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s 25
2000s
25 births
- 2010s
2010s
104 births
- 2020s
2020s
72 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 134 births (27% of all-time use).
How Enza compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Enza's total volume
Enza by state
Where Enza concentrates geographically, total births since 1940
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 85 | 17.0% |
85 of 501 births nationwide.
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What to do with Enza's data
- Enza's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (134 total births) through the 2020s (72) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Enzas (85 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Enza: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~85 yrs)
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, 1940–2025 (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 Enza 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.