girl's name

Ena

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 3
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 4,578

Northern Ireland

#380

2023 births

Ena is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 44 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 1906, when 89 babies were given the name.
  • After peaking in the 1900s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.
  • Today about 1 in 75,352 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Ena over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

427
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Ena by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 56
1890s 89
1900s 274
1910s 375
1920s 427
1930s 211
1940s 142
1950s 194
1960s 244
1970s 287
1980s 176
1990s 171
2000s 289
2010s 397
2020s (to 2025) 255

How popular is Ena?

In 2025, Ena was given to 44 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Ena is used

Northern Ireland #380 4 in 2023
Scotland #944 3 in 2009
Ireland #1,110 3 in 2022
France #2,238 15 in 2025
Canada #2,659 8 in 2024
England & Wales #2,750 10 in 2025
United States #3,503 44 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Ena is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Éna Éna is a rare spelling of Ena, written with an acute accent and recorded about 20 times, mostly in France. 20

Names that peaked alongside Ena

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Ena also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Ena over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Ena in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Atayal
Tena
Croatian
Tena
Dutch
Erna
Finnish
Enna
Latvian
Erna
Slovene
Erna
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Enma Enia

Sibling names for Ena

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Ena — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Ena

How popular is the name Ena?

In 2025, Ena was given to 44 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Ena a girl's or a boy's name?

Ena is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Ena?

Ena has 2 syllables.

When was Ena most popular?

Ena peaked in 1906, when 89 babies were given the name. After peaking in the 1900s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.

Is Ena a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Ena currently ranks #2,238 in the United States. After peaking in the 1900s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.