Enza — #9611 US girls' name
490 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.
More common than 46% of names given to girls today.
27% of everyone ever named Enza was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Enza in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Enza
The Social Security Administration has registered 490 babies named Enza between 1940 and 2024, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Enza currently holds the #9611 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Enza performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 134 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Enza shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 85 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Enza in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Enza in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 490 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Enza at a glance
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Current rank
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Enza popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1940
- Peak year (1970)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 85 years of records
Currently ranks #9611 among girls.
490 total births across 85 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 23 births in a single year.
Enza by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 134 births that decade — 27% of Enza's all-time total
Enza decade highlights
- Peak decade 134 births
- Runner-up 104 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Enza's strongest decade
134 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Enza by state
Where Enza concentrates geographically — total births since 1940
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 85 | 17.3% |
85 of 490 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 17.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 17.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1940–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.