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

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Peak · boys
2022 · 153 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,857
since 1991

Ender over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ender has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202022boysat peak
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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—#1,74393
2024—#1,563111
2023#12,1977#1,576110
2022—#1,264153
2021#15,2515#1,433126
2020#12,1427#1,579103
2019—#1,582105
2018—#1,547109
2017—#1,455117
2016—#1,366130
2015—#1,62598
2014—#1,402120
2013—#1,76382
2012—#1,75685
2011—#2,54748
2010—#2,26257
2009—#2,94640
2008—#3,28634
2007—#3,44431
2006—#4,37021
2005—#5,57814
2004—#6,13812
2003—#8,6437
2002—#6,08811
2001—#8,3397
2000—#5,92011
1999—#8,7046
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First appearance
1991

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 2022

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedNHWashington: #888 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,539 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,049 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,394 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #994 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 8,597 boysCAUtah: #510 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,367 boysUTColorado: #548 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,829 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedARTennessee: #1,023 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,182 boysTNNorth Carolina: #1,131 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,494 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Ender, so not publishedHITexas: #1,132 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 9,406 boysTXFlorida: #1,606 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 15,890 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#510 · 1 in 2,367
  2. Colorado#548 · 1 in 2,829
  3. Washington#888 · 1 in 5,539
  4. California#994 · 1 in 8,597
  5. Tennessee#1,023 · 1 in 7,182

Best ever in a state: #402 in Utah, 2012.

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Utah#51081 in 2,367
Colorado#54891 in 2,829
Washington#88861 in 5,539
California#994221 in 8,597
Tennessee#1,02351 in 7,182
Illinois#1,04971 in 7,394
North Carolina#1,13161 in 8,494
Texas#1,132191 in 9,406
Florida#1,60661 in 15,890
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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 Ender
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 180 spots since 2024 (#1,563 → #1,743)
  • 164 spots since 2020 (#1,579 → #1,743)
  • 118 spots since 2015 (#1,625 → #1,743)
Rise & fade · boys
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1991
  • Peaked 2022 at #1,264 (153 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,412
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 51.2% of all boys named Ender (951) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s22#5,124 (1995)#7,355
2000s188#2,946 (2009)#5,475
2010s951#1,366 (2016)#1,731
2020s696#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 2022

boys
#1,264
153 births · 1 in 11,412 boys

Top boys' names in 2022

  1. #1Liam20,579
  2. #2Noah18,758
  3. #3Oliver15,176
  4. #4James12,119
  5. #5Elijah12,094
  6. #6William11,356
  7. #7Henry11,272
  8. #8Lucas10,973
  9. #9Benjamin10,912
  10. #10Theodore10,824
  11. #1,264Ender153
More about 2022

boys

1,746,008 boys got a published name in 2022; 1 in 11,412 of them was named Ender, which outranked 91.2% of the 14,333 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ender
  1. #1,254Krish155
  2. #1,254Thorin155
  3. #1,263Denim154
  4. #1,264Ender153
  5. #1,264Mattias153
  6. #1,264Milton153
  7. #1,264Randall153
  8. #1,269Canyon152
  9. #1,269Clifford152
  10. #1,269Cormac152

Tied with 4 names at #1,264; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2021
Risers
  1. ↑ 988Dutton#1,823 → #835
  2. ↑ 489Kayce#1,076 → #587
  3. ↑ 412Chosen#1,307 → #895
  4. ↑ 396Khaza#1,230 → #834
  5. ↑ 348Eithan#849 → #501
Fallers
  1. ↓ 324Jacoby#885 → #1,209
  2. ↓ 243Turner#937 → #1,180
  3. ↓ 233Aydin#897 → #1,130
  4. ↓ 218Juelz#991 → #1,209
  5. ↓ 216Jamal#868 → #1,084

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

See the top 100 for 2022 →