Enya

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Enya: Recorded every year since 1989, it reached #158 in 2020, and it stood at #289 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
123times a registrar ranked it
37years from first to last
#158highest recorded position
23groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Enya's record

Moved 162 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#671
1997	#585
1998	#664
1999	#594
2000	#625
2001	#612
2002	#679
2003	#690
2004	#601
2005	#708
2006	#571
2007	#597
2008	#602
2009	#689
2010	#695
2011	#789
2012	#679
2013	#712
2014	#558
2015	#745
2016	#813
2017	#808
2018	#689
2019	#854
2020	#792
2021	#640
2022	#729
2023	#813
2024	#918

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in every year from 1989 to 2025.

In 2025: #289 among girls in Norway, #304 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1989–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1989
First recorded at #332 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1989 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #158 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2020 (recorded 1997–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #289 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Enya appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 37 years beginning in 1989, and has registered 380 births with the name.

Enya across 4 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.

Enya'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	#332 (1989)	#189 (2004)	#304 (2025)	37 of 37	380 (1989–2025)	21 (2004)
Norway · Girls	#647 (1992)	#281 (2017)	#289 (2025)	29 of 34	282 (1992–2025)	18 (2009)
England and Wales · Girls	#671 (1996)	#558 (2014)	#918 (2024)	29 of 29	1,432 (1996–2024)	76 (2014)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#241 (1997)	#158 (2020)	#337 (2024)	28 of 28	214 (1997–2024)	12 (2006)

Enya by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Enya in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	8	1 of 10	8
1990s	114	10 of 10	11
2000sbusiest	125	10 of 10	13
2010s	75	10 of 10	8
2020s	58	6 of 10	10

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Enya 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 4 regions, from 1989 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #158 in Northern Ireland in 2020.

Enya'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	#918	39	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#813	44	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#729	50	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#640	60	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#792	46	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#854	43	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#689	58	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#808	48	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#813	47	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#745	52	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#558	76	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#712	56	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#679	61	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#789	47	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#695	53	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#689	53	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#602	62	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#597	60	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#571	60	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#708	43	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#601	51	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#690	41	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#679	39	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#612	42	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#625	41	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#594	44	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#664	37	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#585	44	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#671	35	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#337	4	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#209	8	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#201	9	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#223	8	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#158	12	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#189	10	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#238	7	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#215	8	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#175	12	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#223	8	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#191	10	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#218	9	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#229	8	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#311	5	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#324	5	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#253	7	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#254	7	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#223	8	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#162	12	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#226	7	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#183	9	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#225	6	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#188	8	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#267	5	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#282	4	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#197	8	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#301	4	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#241	6	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#289	13	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#304	12	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#309	12	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#373	8	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#435	5	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#323	11	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#314	12	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#355	11	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#281	17	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#374	11	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#389	10	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#305	15	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#290	18	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#391	10	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#577	4	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#364	12	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#284	18	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#339	13	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#309	15	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#437	8	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#541	5	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#477	6	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#611	4	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#587	4	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#393	9	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#557	5	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#519	6	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#625	4	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#647	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	13	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#556	6	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#339	11	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#420	9	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#336	12	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#495	7	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#621	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	7	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#579	6	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#494	8	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#540	7	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#560	7	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#359	13	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#444	10	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	8	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#430	10	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#373	11	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#431	8	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	12	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	21	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#212	18	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#218	17	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#217	16	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#267	10	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#246	17	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#212	19	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#296	10	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	8	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#286	11	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#213	19	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	11	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#332	8	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
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 4 registrars between 1989 and 2025, ranked in 37 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #158, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 76 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1992, and 8 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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A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Drew · #163, 32y
Kyra · #166, 35y
Leighton · #150, 36y
Isa · #170, 42y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Jemima · #157, 30y
Melina · #156, 41y
Aya · #154, 35y
Eimhear · #154, 26y

Enya was ranked #158 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2020. 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.

Enya 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 Enya without appearing here.

Enya moved ahead of

Aimee Compare
In 2020 they stood at #792 and #749 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #640 and #1195.
Aisling Compare
In 2005 they stood at #708 and #657 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #571 and #1004.
Lorraine Compare
In 1996 they stood at #671 and #661 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #585 and #1015.
Sinead Compare
In 2015 they stood at #745 and #722 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #813 and #1241.

Moved ahead of Enya

Violet Compare
In 2004 they stood at #601 and #607 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #708 and #273.
Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #789 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #679 and #284.
Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #854 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #792 and #460.
Rita Compare
In 2023 they stood at #813 and #851 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #918 and #625.

Moved the opposite way to Enya

Alexandra Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Enya went from #647 to #289 while Alexandra went from #127 to #212.
Amy Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Enya went from #647 to #289 while Amy went from #304 to #457.
Andrea Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Enya went from #647 to #289 while Andrea went from #38 to #98.
Anita Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Enya went from #647 to #289 while Anita went from #106 to #459.

Moved the same way as Enya

Danielle Compare
Between 1989 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Enya went from #332 to #556 and Danielle from #21 to #504.
Donna Compare
Between 1989 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Enya went from #332 to #556 and Donna from #49 to #736.
Katrina Compare
Between 1989 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Enya went from #332 to #556 and Katrina from #315 to #898.
Kim Compare
Between 1989 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Enya went from #332 to #556 and Kim from #70 to #736.

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 4 regions, from 1989 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #158 in Northern Ireland in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Enya

Enya at a glance

What stands out in Enya's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Enya across 4 official records

Enya by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Enya appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Enya at a glance

What stands out in Enya's record

Enya across 4 official records

Enya by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Enya appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Enya

Enya and the names beside it

Enya moved ahead of

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