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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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 2020
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arizona#877 · 1 in 6,392
- Washington#959 · 1 in 6,633
- Michigan#1,087 · 1 in 8,543
- Pennsylvania#1,201 · 1 in 10,799
- Texas#1,479 · 1 in 15,386
Best ever in a state: #402 in Utah, 2012.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Arizona | #877 | 5 | 1 in 6,392 |
| Washington | #959 | 5 | 1 in 6,633 |
| Michigan | #1,087 | 5 | 1 in 8,543 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,201 | 5 | 1 in 10,799 |
| Texas | #1,479 | 11 | 1 in 15,386 |
| California | #1,712 | 9 | 1 in 21,068 |
| New York | #1,717 | 5 | 1 in 17,529 |
| Florida | #1,724 | 5 | 1 in 18,042 |
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See more about Ender
- 180 spots since 2024 (#1,563 → #1,743)
- 164 spots since 2020 (#1,579 → #1,743)
- 118 spots since 2015 (#1,625 → #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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Ender in 2020
Top girls' names in 2020
Top boys' names in 2020
More about 2020
girls
1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 230,936 of them was named Ender, which outranked 30.7% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #11,090Zyaira8
- #11,090Zyelle8
- #11,090Zykia8
- #12,142Ender7
- #12,142Aabriella7
- #12,142Aaleeyah7
- #12,142Aamilah7
- #13,453Aadhyasri6
- #13,453Aala6
- #13,453Aaleigha6
Tied with 1,310 names at #12,142; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 16,758 of them was named Ender, which outranked 88.8% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,568Siddharth104
- #1,568Storm104
- #1,568Zaidyn104
- #1,579Ender103
- #1,579Benji103
- #1,579Henri103
- #1,579Honor103
- #1,592Camren102
- #1,592Damarion102
- #1,592Jordyn102
Tied with 12 names at #1,579; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
- ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
- ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
- ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
- ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.