Ender
- Last seen for girls in 2023 at #12,197
- #1,743 for boys in 2025, 93 births
- Given to boys 99.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2022 · 153 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,857since 1991
Ender over time
Rank among boys' names. Ender has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,743 | 93 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,563 | 111 | |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | #1,576 | 110 |
| 2022 | — | #1,264 | 153 | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #1,433 | 126 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | #1,579 | 103 |
| 2019 | — | #1,582 | 105 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,547 | 109 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,455 | 117 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,366 | 130 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,625 | 98 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,402 | 120 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,763 | 82 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,756 | 85 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,547 | 48 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,262 | 57 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,946 | 40 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,286 | 34 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,444 | 31 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,370 | 21 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,578 | 14 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,138 | 12 | |
| 2003 | — | #8,643 | 7 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,088 | 11 | |
| 2001 | — | #8,339 | 7 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,920 | 11 | |
| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
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| 1995 | — | #5,124 | 11 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Ender! It came in at #8,236, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1991–1994, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Ender is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#703 · 1 in 3,933
- Colorado#756 · 1 in 4,475
- Washington#999 · 1 in 6,560
- Georgia#1,216 · 1 in 8,370
- Texas#1,760 · 1 in 19,450
Best ever in a state: #402 in Utah, 2012.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Utah | #703 | 5 | 1 in 3,933 |
| Colorado | #756 | 6 | 1 in 4,475 |
| Washington | #999 | 5 | 1 in 6,560 |
| Georgia | #1,216 | 6 | 1 in 8,370 |
| Texas | #1,760 | 9 | 1 in 19,450 |
| California | #1,829 | 8 | 1 in 21,934 |
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See more about Ender
- 164 spots since 2020 (#1,579 → #1,743)
- Debuted 1991
- Peaked 2022 at #1,264 (153 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 11,412 boys born in 2022 were named Ender (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 18,366 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 51.2% of all boys named Ender (951) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1990s | 22 | #5,124 (1995) | #7,355 |
| 2000s | 188 | #2,946 (2009) | #5,475 |
| 2010s | 951 | #1,366 (2016) | #1,731 |
| 2020s | 696 | #1,264 (2022) | #1,526 |
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.
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