Enrique
Enrique was the 571st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 517 babies. Its best year was 2000, when it ranked 221st with 1,537 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 141 places. More babies were named Enrique in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Meaning home ruler (Spanish Henry) · Germanic, Spanish
Say it en-REE-kay /ɛnˈrikeɪ/
- Rank in 2025
- #571 boys, down 68 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 517boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20001,537 babies
- Total since 1880
- 61,494babies recorded
What does the name Enrique mean?
Enrique is the Spanish form of Henry. DMNES and Wiktionary trace Henry to Old High German heim, home, plus rīhhi, ruler or powerful, so the name means "ruler of the home" or "ruler of the estate." It reached Spanish through Latin Henricus, and Portuguese has the matching Henrique. DMNES records Henry in nearly every region of medieval Europe, with English examples from the 1150s.
heim (Old High German, “home”)rīhhi (Old High German, “ruler, powerful”)
How sure is this? Probable.
Related names: Henry, Henrique, Enrico, Heinrich.
See also: Germanic names, names that mean king or queen.
Sources for this meaning
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Henry', DMNES (Durham University)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Enrique' (Spanish section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
Nicknames for Enrique
The usual nicknames for Enrique are Kike and Quique.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Boys, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kike · Spanish pet form, pronounced KEE-keh | Traditional | — | — |
| Quique | Traditional | — | — |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are boys given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Enriques go by each one.
Enrique popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 260 since 1937.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #571 | 517 |
| 2020 | #503 | 580 |
| 2010 | #350 | 878 |
| 2000 | #221 | 1,537 |
| 1990 | #263 | 1,022 |
| 1980 | #270 | 797 |
| 1970 | #328 | 583 |
| 1960 | #415 | 366 |
| 1950 | #437 | 233 |
| 1940 | #525 | 123 |
| 1930 | #440 | 178 |
| 1920 | #657 | 94 |
| 1910 | #642 | 21 |
| 1900 | #926 | 9 |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | #955 | 5 |
How popular is Enrique, counting every spelling?
Enrique is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #567 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #571 for Enrique on its own. Together these spellings went to 517 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrique | 517 | #571 | 2,690 |
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 Enrique?
517 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Enrique (0.14 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Enrique 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 16 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Enrique.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Enrique?
About 53,500 people born in the US named Enrique are alive today, with a median age of 29; half are between 19 and 44. That makes Enrique mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Enrique by state
How common Enrique was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New Mexico (3.7×), Arizona (2.4×), Texas (2.4×), California (2.3×), Nevada (2.3×). In 18 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Enrique: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Enrique, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Enrique · Sibling names for Enrique
Questions about the name Enrique
What does Enrique mean?
Enrique means “home ruler (Spanish Henry)” (Germanic, Spanish origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Enrique?
Enrique was the 571st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 517 babies. Its best year was 2000, when it ranked 221st with 1,537 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 141 places. More babies were named Enrique in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Enrique a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Enrique in the US.
Where is Enrique most popular?
In 2021–2025, Enrique was most common in New Mexico (1.15 per 1,000 boys), followed by Arizona and Texas.