Ennis
Ennis was the 9157th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1910, when it ranked 586th; the most babies were born in 1922 (62). Over the last ten years it has moved up 706 places. More babies were named Ennis in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #9,157 boys, down 893 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 8boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 192262 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,524babies recorded
Ennis popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 320 since 1898.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,157 | 8 |
| 2020 | #8,264 | 9 |
| 2010 | — | — |
| 2000 | #4,864 | 15 |
| 1990 | #4,038 | 14 |
| 1980 | #2,865 | 16 |
| 1970 | #1,556 | 30 |
| 1960 | #1,533 | 28 |
| 1950 | #1,238 | 34 |
| 1940 | #1,075 | 37 |
| 1930 | #1,094 | 40 |
| 1920 | #950 | 53 |
| 1910 | #586 | 24 |
| 1900 | #588 | 18 |
| 1890 | #768 | 8 |
| 1880 | #954 | 5 |
How popular is Ennis, counting every spelling?
Ennis is the most common spelling of a name family that had 8 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 8 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ennis | 8 | #9,157 | 61 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Ennis?
8 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Ennis (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Ennis born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,057 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Ennis.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Ennis?
About 1,300 people born in the US named Ennis are alive today, with a median age of 55; half are between 31 and 71. That makes Ennis mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Ennis: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Ennis, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Ennis
How popular is the name Ennis?
Ennis was the 9157th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1910, when it ranked 586th; the most babies were born in 1922 (62). Over the last ten years it has moved up 706 places. More babies were named Ennis in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Ennis a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Ennis in the US.