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

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Peak · boys
1900 · 18 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,204
since 1880

Ennis over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201931peak #1,290, 1909peak #578, 1900girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#8,9108
2024#5,90415
2023#5,92715
2022#7,26211
2021#6,69812
2020#8,0679
2019#12,1455
2018#6,34513
2017#5,78815
2016#6,72612
2015#9,5687
2014#8,7818
2013#8,1189
2012#8,1589
2011#9,6007
2010
2009#6,09514
2008#8,3249
2007#7,09411
2006#6,90411
2005#7,09610
2004#8,9277
2003#8,6437
2002#9,3926
2001#5,39013
2000#4,78515
1999#3,83419
1998#4,87313
1997#2,31136
1996#9,0155
1995#3,85416
1994
1993#4,69712
1992#5,6609
1991#8,2365
1990#3,97114
1989#4,52711
1988#4,45010
1987#3,73112
1986#3,65312
1985#4,05210
1984#4,2159
1983#4,4998
1982#3,28213
1981#2,33821
1980#2,83116
1979#2,15723
1978#2,20521
1977#2,00824
1976#1,78128
1975#2,45017
1974#2,19919
1973#1,73626
1972#1,64828
1971#2,05220
1970#1,54630
1969#1,23141
1968#1,78820
1967#1,80919
1966#1,96316
1965#1,91817
1964#1,79320
1963#6,5925#1,74421
1962#1,66923
1961#1,36834
1960#1,52328
1959#1,52227
1958#4,8907#1,76620
1957#1,31835
1956#1,29835
1955#5,8285#1,27335
1954#1,38230
1953#5,6735#1,10244
1952#1,11143
1951#4,8336#1,29532
1950#1,23234
1949#1,20535
1948#1,21735
1947#1,29732
1946#3,4309#1,01945
1945#4,0256#1,13933
1944#4,5745#1,15233
1943#4,6915#95649
1942#1,16735
1941#1,12934
1940#1,06737
1939#93145
1938#4,3425#92746
1937#3,8006#1,14833
1936#3,1038#1,11834
1935#2,30513#1,12334
1934#93146
1933#3,7536#1,05138
1932#1,00443
1931#2,9729#1,11137
1930#3,6587#1,09340
1929#3,3948#94051
1928#1,07842
1927#98251
1926#4,3066#1,03445
1925#2,61713#1,07342
1924#3,6658#1,15239
1923#3,6418#94153
1922#4,4456#87162
1921#2,76212#1,06943
1920#2,89911#94753
1919#2,64012#94950
1918#2,10217#90953
1917#2,42813#98244
1916#1,80519#91748
1915#2,9009#85752
1914#2,26510#83641
1913#2,5407#87131
1912#2,6346#76532
1911#1,7928#82416
1910#58224
1909#1,29011#65317
1908#2,1015#71214
1907#1,6397#69914
1906#1,0047
1905
1904#1,6596#76010
1903#7839
1902#74410
1901#59612
1900#57818
1899#1,5965#8577
1898#1,5026#7449
1897#65211
1896#72210
1895#9786
1894#7878
1893#9076
1892#64111
1891
1890#7398
1889#7228
1888#64810
1887#58310
1886
1885
1884#6639
1883#7996
1882#6918
1881#7816
1880#9095
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 1931

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedALGeorgia: #385 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,551 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedHITexas: #491 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 4,600 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Ennis, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Georgia#385 · 1 in 4,551
  2. Texas#491 · 1 in 4,600

Best ever in a state: #187 in Texas, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Georgia#38561 in 4,551
Texas#491121 in 4,600
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Wyoming

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Ennis
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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s62#583 (1887)#725
1890s76#641 (1892)#781
1900s111#578 (1900)#725
1910s391#582 (1910)#849
1920s481#871 (1922)#1,009
1930s396#927 (1938)#1,044
1940s368#956 (1943)#1,135
1950s335#1,102 (1953)#1,330
1960s239#1,231 (1969)#1,681
1970s236#1,546 (1970)#1,978
1980s122#2,338 (1981)#3,758
1990s129#2,311 (1997)#5,161
2000s103#4,785 (2000)#7,265
2010s85#5,788 (2017)#8,359
2020s70#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 1931

girls
#2,972
9 births · 1 in 118,303 girls
boys
#1,111
37 births · 1 in 28,099 boys

Top girls' names in 1931

  1. #1Mary60,299
  2. #2Betty36,105
  3. #3Dorothy26,524
  4. #4Barbara21,804
  5. #5Joan19,119
  6. #6Helen17,664
  7. #7Margaret17,332
  8. #8Patricia16,469
  9. #9Shirley14,405
  10. #10Doris13,629
  11. #2,972Ennis9

Top boys' names in 1931

  1. #1Robert60,519
  2. #2James51,212
  3. #3John48,423
  4. #4William43,280
  5. #5Richard31,822
  6. #6Charles29,934
  7. #7Donald29,100
  8. #8George20,685
  9. #9Joseph19,326
  10. #10Thomas16,847
  11. #1,111Ennis37
More about 1931

girls

1,064,728 girls got a published name in 1931; 1 in 118,303 of them was named Ennis, which outranked 40.3% of the 4,979 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ennis
  1. #2,750Yoko10
  2. #2,750Yukiko10
  3. #2,750Zenaida10
  4. #2,972Ennis9
  5. #2,972Aaron9
  6. #2,972Adlene9
  7. #2,972Adrianna9
  8. #3,226Adelyn8
  9. #3,226Adena8
  10. #3,226Agapita8

Tied with 253 names at #2,972; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1930
Risers
  1. 857Joretta#1,320#463
  2. 519Joetta#1,460#941
  3. 483Sondra#1,031#548
  4. 465Celine#1,460#995
  5. 343Lynne#1,274#931
Fallers
  1. 377Margo#937#1,314
  2. 349Rachael#894#1,243
  3. 317Evelyne#926#1,243
  4. 287Vivien#971#1,258
  5. 283Ardeth#629#912

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,039,665 boys got a published name in 1931; 1 in 28,099 of them was named Ennis, which outranked 74.3% of the 4,321 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ennis
  1. #1,102Jacques38
  2. #1,102Len38
  3. #1,102Lorenza38
  4. #1,111Ennis37
  5. #1,111Alma37
  6. #1,111Arley37
  7. #1,111Emmet37
  8. #1,128Alfonzo36
  9. #1,128Arlon36
  10. #1,128Arlyn36

Tied with 16 names at #1,111; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1930
Risers
  1. 794Kenton#1,753#959
  2. 420Wyman#1,330#910
  3. 408Jan#1,330#922
  4. 402Leopold#1,399#997
  5. 398Odie#1,299#901
Fallers
  1. 513Artie#976#1,489
  2. 469Arnulfo#892#1,361
  3. 385Rose#832#1,217
  4. 357Ransom#976#1,333
  5. 343Jodie#990#1,333

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1931