Enya
Enya is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 35 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 350.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 200277 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1989
- 1,238people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,238 girls have been named Enya in the United States since 1989, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2002, with 77 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2007, and the 2000s alone account for 41%.
By decade
In 2002, its biggest year
Enya was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2002 were Emily, Madison, Hannah, Emma and Alexis. See all of 2002.
Names that rose and fell with Enya
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Halleepeak 2002
- Delaneypeak 2004
- Niamhpeak 2008
- Alayshapeak 2001
- Anayelipeak 2001
- Nayellipeak 2001
- Zariapeak 2000
- Zayrapeak 2004
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.