How rare is the name Ena?

4,587 people in the United States have the first name Ena, about 1 in 65,845. It ranks #4,180 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ENA

#4,180

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,587
About
1 in 65,845
This common or more
83.7%
Who bears it

Of the 4,587 people named Ena, 41.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 25.4% as White and 20.9% as Black. 99.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ena peaked in 1906, when 89 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1906
Births that year
89
In 2025*
44 ▼51%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,587 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Ena by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #1,088. The largest share of babies named Ena, 27.3%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#1,64556
1890s#1,71089
1900s#1,088274
1910s#1,837375
1920s#2,143427
1930s#3,009211
1940s#4,129142
1950s#4,006194
1960s#3,906244
1970s#4,236287
1980s#6,907176
1990s#9,009171
2000s#7,814289
2010s#6,586397
2020s#6,286255
Before 19014.5%
Greatest Generation 1901–2727.3%
Silent Generation 1928–4510.4%
Baby boom 1946–6410.1%
Generation X 1965–8012.4%
Millennials 1981–967.4%
Generation Z 1997–1212.3%
2013 and later15.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ena, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Ena ranks #121,931 of 156,621, with 149 people. See Ena as a last name

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