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Enya

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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.

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

England and Wales · Girls rank from 1996 to 2025, ranging from #558 to #918.200020052010201520202025#558#918
How to read this chart#1#500no figure publishedUp means a stronger rankBottom is this name's lowest,not zero
  • A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
  • Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
  • A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.
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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
YearRank
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
2025#778

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, #778 among girls in England and Wales.

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

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

  1. 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

  2. Highest recorded1997–2024

    Highest recorded position: #158 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2020 (recorded 1997–2024).

    Northern Ireland · Girls

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #778 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.

    England and Wales · Girls

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

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.
YearRegionCategoryRankBirths registeredConfidenceStatus
2025England and Walesfemale#77847HighVerified
2024England and Walesfemale#91839HighVerified
2023England and Walesfemale#81344HighVerified
2022England and Walesfemale#72950HighVerified
2021England and Walesfemale#64060HighVerified
2020England and Walesfemale#79246HighVerified
2019England and Walesfemale#85443HighVerified
2018England and Walesfemale#68958HighVerified
2017England and Walesfemale#80848HighVerified
2016England and Walesfemale#81347HighVerified
2015England and Walesfemale#74552HighVerified
2014England and Walesfemale#55876HighVerified
2013England and Walesfemale#71256HighVerified
2012England and Walesfemale#67961HighVerified
2011England and Walesfemale#78947HighVerified
2010England and Walesfemale#69553HighVerified
2009England and Walesfemale#68953HighVerified
2008England and Walesfemale#60262HighVerified
2007England and Walesfemale#59760HighVerified
2006England and Walesfemale#57160HighVerified
2005England and Walesfemale#70843HighVerified
2004England and Walesfemale#60151HighVerified
2003England and Walesfemale#69041HighVerified
2002England and Walesfemale#67939HighVerified
2001England and Walesfemale#61242HighVerified
2000England and Walesfemale#62541HighVerified
1999England and Walesfemale#59444HighVerified
1998England and Walesfemale#66437HighVerified
1997England and Walesfemale#58544HighVerified
1996England and Walesfemale#67135HighVerified
2024Northern Irelandfemale#3374HighVerified
2023Northern Irelandfemale#2098HighVerified
2022Northern Irelandfemale#2019HighVerified
2021Northern Irelandfemale#2238HighVerified
2020Northern Irelandfemale#15812HighVerified
2019Northern Irelandfemale#18910HighVerified
2018Northern Irelandfemale#2387HighVerified
2017Northern Irelandfemale#2158HighVerified
2016Northern Irelandfemale#17512HighVerified
2015Northern Irelandfemale#2238HighVerified
2014Northern Irelandfemale#19110HighVerified
2013Northern Irelandfemale#2189HighVerified
2012Northern Irelandfemale#2298HighVerified
2011Northern Irelandfemale#3115HighVerified
2010Northern Irelandfemale#3245HighVerified
2009Northern Irelandfemale#2537HighVerified
2008Northern Irelandfemale#2547HighVerified
2007Northern Irelandfemale#2238HighVerified
2006Northern Irelandfemale#16212HighVerified
2005Northern Irelandfemale#2267HighVerified
2004Northern Irelandfemale#1839HighVerified
2003Northern Irelandfemale#2256HighVerified
2002Northern Irelandfemale#1888HighVerified
2001Northern Irelandfemale#2675HighVerified
2000Northern Irelandfemale#2824HighVerified
1999Northern Irelandfemale#1978HighVerified
1998Northern Irelandfemale#3014HighVerified
1997Northern Irelandfemale#2416HighVerified
2025Norwayfemale#28913HighVerified
2024Norwayfemale#30412HighVerified
2023Norwayfemale#30912HighVerified
2022Norwayfemale#3738HighVerified
2021Norwayfemale#4355HighVerified
2020Norwayfemale#32311HighVerified
2019Norwayfemale#31412HighVerified
2018Norwayfemale#35511HighVerified
2017Norwayfemale#28117HighVerified
2016Norwayfemale#37411HighVerified
2015Norwayfemale#38910HighVerified
2014Norwayfemale#30515HighVerified
2013Norwayfemale#29018HighVerified
2012Norwayfemale#39110HighVerified
2011Norwayfemale#5774HighVerified
2010Norwayfemale#36412HighVerified
2009Norwayfemale#28418HighVerified
2008Norwayfemale#33913HighVerified
2007Norwayfemale#30915HighVerified
2006Norwayfemale#4378HighVerified
2005Norwayfemale#5415HighVerified
2004Norwayfemale#4776HighVerified
2002Norwayfemale#6114HighVerified
2001Norwayfemale#5874HighVerified
2000Norwayfemale#3939HighVerified
1997Norwayfemale#5575HighVerified
1996Norwayfemale#5196HighVerified
1994Norwayfemale#6254HighVerified
1992Norwayfemale#6474HighVerified
2025Republic of Irelandfemale#30413HighVerified
2024Republic of Irelandfemale#5566HighVerified
2023Republic of Irelandfemale#33911HighVerified
2022Republic of Irelandfemale#4209HighVerified
2021Republic of Irelandfemale#33612HighVerified
2020Republic of Irelandfemale#4957HighVerified
2019Republic of Irelandfemale#6215HighVerified
2018Republic of Irelandfemale#5127HighVerified
2017Republic of Irelandfemale#5796HighVerified
2016Republic of Irelandfemale#5157HighVerified
2015Republic of Irelandfemale#6605HighVerified
2014Republic of Irelandfemale#4948HighVerified
2013Republic of Irelandfemale#5407HighVerified
2012Republic of Irelandfemale#5607HighVerified
2011Republic of Irelandfemale#35913HighVerified
2010Republic of Irelandfemale#44410HighVerified
2009Republic of Irelandfemale#4888HighVerified
2008Republic of Irelandfemale#43010HighVerified
2007Republic of Irelandfemale#37311HighVerified
2006Republic of Irelandfemale#4318HighVerified
2005Republic of Irelandfemale#30012HighVerified
2004Republic of Irelandfemale#18921HighVerified
2003Republic of Irelandfemale#21218HighVerified
2002Republic of Irelandfemale#21817HighVerified
2001Republic of Irelandfemale#21716HighVerified
2000Republic of Irelandfemale#4654HighVerified
1999Republic of Irelandfemale#26710HighVerified
1998Republic of Irelandfemale#3805HighVerified
1997Republic of Irelandfemale#24617HighVerified
1996Republic of Irelandfemale#21219HighVerified
1995Republic of Irelandfemale#29610HighVerified
1994Republic of Irelandfemale#3298HighVerified
1993Republic of Irelandfemale#28611HighVerified
1992Republic of Irelandfemale#21319HighVerified
1991Republic of Irelandfemale#28411HighVerified
1990Republic of Irelandfemale#4464HighVerified
1989Republic of Irelandfemale#3328HighVerified

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

Where Enya is officially recorded

4 official registrars have recorded Enya, between 1989 and 2025. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Republic of IrelandRepublic of Ireland: recorded in 1989Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1990Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1991Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1992Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1993Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1994Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1995Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1996Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1997Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1998Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1999Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2000Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2001Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2002Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2003Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2004Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2005Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2006Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2007Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2008Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2009Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2010Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2011Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2012Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2013Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2014Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2015Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2016Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2017Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2018Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2019Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2020Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2021Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2022Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2023Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2024Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2025Republic of Ireland: highest position in 2004NorwayNorway: recorded in 1992Norway: recorded in 1994Norway: recorded in 1996Norway: recorded in 1997Norway: recorded in 2000Norway: recorded in 2001Norway: recorded in 2002Norway: recorded in 2004Norway: recorded in 2005Norway: recorded in 2006Norway: recorded in 2007Norway: recorded in 2008Norway: recorded in 2009Norway: recorded in 2010Norway: recorded in 2011Norway: recorded in 2012Norway: recorded in 2013Norway: recorded in 2014Norway: recorded in 2015Norway: recorded in 2016Norway: recorded in 2017Norway: recorded in 2018Norway: recorded in 2019Norway: recorded in 2020Norway: recorded in 2021Norway: recorded in 2022Norway: recorded in 2023Norway: recorded in 2024Norway: recorded in 2025Norway: highest position in 2017England and WalesEngland and Wales: recorded in 1996England and Wales: recorded in 1997England and Wales: recorded in 1998England and Wales: recorded in 1999England and Wales: recorded in 2000England and Wales: recorded in 2001England and Wales: recorded in 2002England and Wales: recorded in 2003England and Wales: recorded in 2004England and Wales: recorded in 2005England and Wales: recorded in 2006England and Wales: recorded in 2007England and Wales: recorded in 2008England and Wales: recorded in 2009England and Wales: recorded in 2010England and Wales: recorded in 2011England and Wales: recorded in 2012England and Wales: recorded in 2013England and Wales: recorded in 2014England and Wales: recorded in 2015England and Wales: recorded in 2016England and Wales: recorded in 2017England and Wales: recorded in 2018England and Wales: recorded in 2019England and Wales: recorded in 2020England and Wales: recorded in 2021England and Wales: recorded in 2022England and Wales: recorded in 2023England and Wales: recorded in 2024England and Wales: recorded in 2025England and Wales: highest position in 2014Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland: recorded in 1997Northern Ireland: recorded in 1998Northern Ireland: recorded in 1999Northern Ireland: recorded in 2000Northern Ireland: recorded in 2001Northern Ireland: recorded in 2002Northern Ireland: recorded in 2003Northern Ireland: recorded in 2004Northern Ireland: recorded in 2005Northern Ireland: recorded in 2006Northern Ireland: recorded in 2007Northern Ireland: recorded in 2008Northern Ireland: recorded in 2009Northern Ireland: recorded in 2010Northern Ireland: recorded in 2011Northern Ireland: recorded in 2012Northern Ireland: recorded in 2013Northern Ireland: recorded in 2014Northern Ireland: recorded in 2015Northern Ireland: recorded in 2016Northern Ireland: recorded in 2017Northern Ireland: recorded in 2018Northern Ireland: recorded in 2019Northern Ireland: recorded in 2020Northern Ireland: recorded in 2021Northern Ireland: recorded in 2022Northern Ireland: recorded in 2023Northern Ireland: recorded in 2024Northern Ireland: highest position in 202019892025
Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.
RegistrarRecordedYearsIts own highest position
Republic of Ireland1989–202537#189 in 2004
Norway1992–202529#281 in 2017
England and Wales1996–202530#558 in 2014
Northern Ireland1997–202428#158 in 2020

Its high point came 16 years earlier in Republic of Ireland (2004) than in Northern Ireland (2020).

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What is known about Enya

How to read this
How often it is registered
Official record
4 official registrars, 1989–2025.
Meaning
Not established
Not researched yet.
Origin
Not established
Not researched yet.
Pronunciation
Not established
Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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.