Ennis
Last seen for girls in 1963 at #6,592 · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to boys 90.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1900 · 18 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,204since 1880
Ennis over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,910 | 8 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,904 | 15 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,927 | 15 | |
| 2022 | — | #7,262 | 11 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,698 | 12 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,067 | 9 | |
| 2019 | — | #12,145 | 5 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,345 | 13 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,788 | 15 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,726 | 12 | |
| 2015 | — | #9,568 | 7 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,781 | 8 | |
| 2013 | — | #8,118 | 9 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,158 | 9 | |
| 2011 | — | #9,600 | 7 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #6,095 | 14 | |
| 2008 | — | #8,324 | 9 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,094 | 11 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,904 | 11 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,096 | 10 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,927 | 7 | |
| 2003 | — | #8,643 | 7 | |
| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
| 2001 | — | #5,390 | 13 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,785 | 15 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,834 | 19 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,873 | 13 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,311 | 36 | |
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,854 | 16 | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | #4,697 | 12 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,660 | 9 | |
| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,971 | 14 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,527 | 11 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,450 | 10 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,731 | 12 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,653 | 12 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,052 | 10 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,215 | 9 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,499 | 8 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,282 | 13 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,338 | 21 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,831 | 16 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,157 | 23 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,205 | 21 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,008 | 24 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,781 | 28 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,450 | 17 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,199 | 19 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,736 | 26 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,648 | 28 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,052 | 20 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,546 | 30 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,231 | 41 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,788 | 20 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,809 | 19 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,963 | 16 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,918 | 17 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,793 | 20 | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #1,744 | 21 |
| 1962 | — | #1,669 | 23 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,368 | 34 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,523 | 28 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,522 | 27 | |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #1,766 | 20 |
| 1957 | — | #1,318 | 35 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,298 | 35 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #1,273 | 35 |
| 1954 | — | #1,382 | 30 | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #1,102 | 44 |
| 1952 | — | #1,111 | 43 | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #1,295 | 32 |
| 1950 | — | #1,232 | 34 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,205 | 35 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,217 | 35 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,297 | 32 | |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 | #1,019 | 45 |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | #1,139 | 33 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #1,152 | 33 |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #956 | 49 |
| 1942 | — | #1,167 | 35 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,129 | 34 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,067 | 37 | |
| 1939 | — | #931 | 45 | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #927 | 46 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #1,148 | 33 |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 | #1,118 | 34 |
| 1935 | #2,305 | 13 | #1,123 | 34 |
| 1934 | — | #931 | 46 | |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | #1,051 | 38 |
| 1932 | — | #1,004 | 43 | |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | #1,111 | 37 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | #1,093 | 40 |
| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 | #940 | 51 |
| 1928 | — | #1,078 | 42 | |
| 1927 | — | #982 | 51 | |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #1,034 | 45 |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 | #1,073 | 42 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | #1,152 | 39 |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | #941 | 53 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #871 | 62 |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | #1,069 | 43 |
| 1920 | #2,899 | 11 | #947 | 53 |
| 1919 | #2,640 | 12 | #949 | 50 |
| 1918 | #2,102 | 17 | #909 | 53 |
| 1917 | #2,428 | 13 | #982 | 44 |
| 1916 | #1,805 | 19 | #917 | 48 |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 | #857 | 52 |
| 1914 | #2,265 | 10 | #836 | 41 |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | #871 | 31 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | #765 | 32 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | #824 | 16 |
| 1910 | — | #582 | 24 | |
| 1909 | #1,290 | 11 | #653 | 17 |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | #712 | 14 |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | #699 | 14 |
| 1906 | — | #1,004 | 7 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | #760 | 10 |
| 1903 | — | #783 | 9 | |
| 1902 | — | #744 | 10 | |
| 1901 | — | #596 | 12 | |
| 1900 | — | #578 | 18 | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | #857 | 7 |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 | #744 | 9 |
| 1897 | — | #652 | 11 | |
| 1896 | — | #722 | 10 | |
| 1895 | — | #978 | 6 | |
| 1894 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1893 | — | #907 | 6 | |
| 1892 | — | #641 | 11 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #739 | 8 | |
| 1889 | — | #722 | 8 | |
| 1888 | — | #648 | 10 | |
| 1887 | — | #583 | 10 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #663 | 9 | |
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | — | #691 | 8 | |
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ennis was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1886, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Ennis is popular in 1881
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 3,006 spots since 2024 (#5,904 → #8,910)
- 843 spots since 2020 (#8,067 → #8,910)
- 658 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #8,910)
- Biggest jump: 305 spots in 1907 (#1,004 → #699)
- Biggest drop: 266 spots in 1893 (#641 → #907)
Rise & fade · boys
20 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1900 at #578 (18 births)
- Births halved by 1903, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 44 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 44 yrs · run 1907–1920
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,092
- Highest: 1 in 8,092 boys born in 1910 were named Ennis (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #578 in 1900, was only 1 in 8,360 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 15.0% of all boys named Ennis (481) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 62 | #583 (1887) | #725 |
| 1890s | 76 | #641 (1892) | #781 |
| 1900s | 111 | #578 (1900) | #725 |
| 1910s | 391 | #582 (1910) | #849 |
| 1920s | 481 | #871 (1922) | #1,009 |
| 1930s | 396 | #927 (1938) | #1,044 |
| 1940s | 368 | #956 (1943) | #1,135 |
| 1950s | 335 | #1,102 (1953) | #1,330 |
| 1960s | 239 | #1,231 (1969) | #1,681 |
| 1970s | 236 | #1,546 (1970) | #1,978 |
| 1980s | 122 | #2,338 (1981) | #3,758 |
| 1990s | 129 | #2,311 (1997) | #5,161 |
| 2000s | 103 | #4,785 (2000) | #7,265 |
| 2010s | 85 | #5,788 (2017) | #8,359 |
| 2020s | 70 | #5,904 (2024) | #7,128 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ennis in 1881
boys
#781
6 births · 1 in 16,789 boys
Top boys' names in 1881
More about 1881
boys
100,735 boys got a published name in 1881; 1 in 16,789 of them was named Ennis, which outranked 21.6% of the 996 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 43.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).