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How popular is the name Enya?

Births per year, rank history and how many Enyas are alive today.

Enya (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 778th in 2025 with 47 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2014, when 76 babies were given the name, the 558th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 918 in 2024 before climbing back to the 778th place it holds today. Numbers have been falling in recent years.

The Enya you are most likely to meet is around 13 years old. Half of all Enyas born in England and Wales are between 9 and 26, and there are at least 1,700 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Enya - on average, only one in every 186 such rooms contains a Enya.

How many babies are named Enya each year?

020406080200020201996: 351997: 441998: 371999: 442000: 412001: 422002: 392003: 412004: 512005: 432006: 602007: 602008: 622009: 532010: 532011: 472012: 612013: 562014: 762015: 522016: 472017: 482018: 582019: 432020: 462021: 602022: 502023: 442024: 392025: 47actual

Where does Enya rank among girls' names?

1101001,000200020201996: ranked 6711997: ranked 5851998: ranked 6641999: ranked 5942000: ranked 6252001: ranked 6122002: ranked 6792003: ranked 6902004: ranked 6012005: ranked 7082006: ranked 5712007: ranked 5972008: ranked 6022009: ranked 6892010: ranked 6952011: ranked 7892012: ranked 6792013: ranked 7122014: ranked 5582015: ranked 7452016: ranked 8132017: ranked 8082018: ranked 6892019: ranked 8542020: ranked 7922021: ranked 6402022: ranked 7292023: ranked 8132024: ranked 9182025: ranked 778

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Enya per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 76 in 2014
Enya: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Enya most popular?

Enya peaked in 2014, when 76 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Enya?

At least 1,700 people named Enya born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Enya?

Most living Enyas are between 9 and 26; the most common age is about 13.

Is Enya becoming more or less popular?

Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.






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