Ena

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ena: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ena: Recorded since 1971, its highest recorded position is #328, and it stood at #2,574 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
54years from first to last
#328highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
1999	#2770
2002	#4137
2004	#4598
2005	#2970
2006	#2320
2007	#1965
2008	#1914
2009	#2535
2010	#2589
2011	#1665
2012	#2717
2013	#2649
2014	#1501
2015	#1783
2016	#2233
2017	#1995
2018	#1977
2019	#1854
2020	#2449
2021	#1692
2022	#2325
2023	#2346
2024	#2574

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 10 of the 52 years from 1971 to 2022.

In 2023: #328 among girls in Northern Ireland, #2346 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1971–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1971
First recorded at #466 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1971 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2574 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Ena appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 24 ranked years and 257 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1971.

Ena across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Ena's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#466 (1971)	#446 (1987)	#905 (2022)	10 of 52	33 (1971–2022)	5 (2012)
England and Wales · Girls	#3824 (1997)	#1501 (2014)	#2574 (2024)	24 of 28	257 (1997–2024)	20 (2014)

Ena by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ena in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000s	55	7 of 10	8
2010sbusiest	135	10 of 10	14
2020s	59	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Ena appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1971 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #328 in Northern Ireland in 2023.

Ena's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2574	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2346	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2325	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1692	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2449	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1854	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1977	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1995	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2233	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1783	16	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1501	20	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1665	17	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1914	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1965	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#328	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#521	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#542	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#466	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1971 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #328, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 52 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Enaya · #2313, 18y
Enayah · #2326, 14y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Andris · #328, 25y
Madelyn · #328, 30y
Jaydan · #329, 28y
Keir · #327, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Hamdi · #328, 35y
Amar · #327, 42y
Jefferson · #326, 28y
Rabia · #326, 44y

Ena was ranked #328 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2023. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ena and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ena without appearing here.

Ena moved ahead of

Hennie Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4598 and #4598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1501 and #5691.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1692 and #5581.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1977 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1854 and #5591.
George Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4598 and #2802 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #1914 and #5545.

Moved ahead of Ena

Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1692 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2325 and #1452.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2346 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #1743.
Freya Compare
In 2007 they stood at #446 and #488 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #862 and #110.
Frida Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2770 and #3900 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #3409.

Moved the opposite way to Ena

Alexandra Compare
Between 1971 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ena went from #466 to #905 while Alexandra went from #257 to #118.
Alice Compare
Between 1971 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ena went from #466 to #905 while Alice went from #124 to #29.
Amy Compare
Between 1971 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ena went from #466 to #905 while Amy went from #277 to #116.
Anna Compare
Between 1971 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ena went from #466 to #905 while Anna went from #52 to #25.

Moved the same way as Ena

Aisling Compare
Between 1971 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ena went from #466 to #905 and Aisling from #58 to #124.
Alison Compare
Between 1971 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ena went from #466 to #905 and Alison from #76 to #222.
Amanda Compare
Between 1971 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ena went from #466 to #905 and Amanda from #56 to #747.
Andrea Compare
Between 1971 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ena went from #466 to #905 and Andrea from #90 to #420.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1971 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #328 in Northern Ireland in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ena

Ena at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ena across 2 official records

Ena by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Popularity data

What the record shows

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Ena across 2 official records

Ena by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ena appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Ena

Ena and the names beside it

Ena moved ahead of

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