Enid

#4,546 for girls in 2025, 30 births · Last seen for boys in 1919 at #3,736
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1920 · 261 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
9,234
since 1885

Enid over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Enid has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #412, 1920girls
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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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2025#4,54630—
2024#4,56030—
2023#2,64666—
2022#4,79328—
2021#4,16734—
2020#4,54829—
2019#3,71840—
2018#5,31524—
2017#4,69529—
2016#7,60215—
2015#6,23620—
2014#7,63615—
2013#9,03612—
2012#9,10912—
2011#7,78315—
2010#12,2768—
2009#8,05815—
2008#7,40817—
2007#11,6309—
2006#9,28612—
2005#5,80021—
2004#6,21619—
2003#7,20715—
2002#4,76725—
2001#7,72413—
2000#8,02712—
1999#6,83614—
1998#11,1387—
1997#7,28312—
1996#5,06519—
1995#6,64113—
1994#5,71316—
1993#4,99819—
1992#7,06712—
1991#3,72228—
1990#4,23023—
1989#4,35821—
1988#4,17221—
1987#4,28319—
1986#3,45925—
1985#3,41925—
1984#3,42324—
1983#3,43123—
1982#2,53237—
1981#2,48838—
1980#2,53737—
1979#2,93129—
1978#2,30539—
1977#2,46335—
1976#1,96845—
1975#1,83850—
1974#1,73352—
1973#1,88544—
1972#1,85645—
1971#1,36478—
1970#1,36976—
1969#1,95541—
1968#1,43562—
1967#1,50655—
1966#1,54852—
1965#1,35066—
1964#1,40564—
1963#1,31970—
1962#1,058104—
1961#1,21183—
1960#1,16587—
1959#1,10494—
1958#1,22775—
1957#1,37659—
1956#1,32961—
1955#1,22068—
1954#99297—
1953#1,03487—
1952#1,17865—
1951#908101—
1950#92792—
1949#90396—
1948#854105—
1947#820114—
1946#672141—
1945#673121—
1944#77896—
1943#714116—
1942#697114—
1941#71996—
1940#75285—
1939#81172—
1938#71392—
1937#74184—
1936#66299—
1935#631106—
1934#595121—
1933#533142—
1932#593123—
1931#535152—
1930#545155—
1929#514174—
1928#558157—
1927#552164—
1926#510187—
1925#473214—
1924#508195—
1923#461224—
1922#481205—
1921#418258—
1920#412261—
1919#413246#3,7366
1918#451219—
1917#469191—
1916#486174—
1915#545137—
1914#489129—
1913#484110—
1912#440115—
1911#43587—
1910#72334—
1909#66236—
1908#50751—
1907#58839—
1906#66130—
1905#82520—
1904#62930—
1903#76020—
1902#60030—
1901#59128—
1900#67628—
1899#70420—
1898#82117—
1897#68121—
1896#50434—
1895#56528—
1894#62822—
1893#59423—
1892#56524—
1891#79612—
1890#87210—
1889#9508—
1888#75312—
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First appearance
1885

The first year at least five girls were named Enid! It came in at #921, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1887, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Enid is popular in 1955

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedMINew York: #708 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 12,568 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #784 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 18,795 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedHITexas: #999 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 15,986 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Enid, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New York#708 · 1 in 12,568
  2. Pennsylvania#784 · 1 in 18,795
  3. Texas#999 · 1 in 15,986

Best ever in a state: #82 in Utah, 1912.

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New York#708131 in 12,568
Pennsylvania#78461 in 18,795
Texas#99971 in 15,986
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Enid
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 14 spots since 2024 (#4,560 → #4,546)
  • 2 spots since 2020 (#4,548 → #4,546)
  • 1,690 spots since 2015 (#6,236 → #4,546)
  • Biggest jump: 288 spots in 1911 (#723 → #435)
  • Biggest drop: 270 spots in 1952 (#908 → #1,178)
Rise & fade · girls
35 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 1920 at #412 (261 births)
  • Births halved by 1932, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 66 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 66 yrs · run 1888–1951
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,591
  • Highest: 1 in 4,591 girls born in 1920 were named Enid (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 53,576 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 22.1% of all girls named Enid (2,039) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s26#753 (1888)#875
1890s211#504 (1896)#673
1900s312#507 (1908)#650
1910s1,442#413 (1919)#494
1920s2,039#412 (1920)#489
1930s1,146#533 (1933)#636
1940s1,084#672 (1946)#758
1950s799#908 (1951)#1,130
1960s684#1,058 (1962)#1,395
1970s493#1,364 (1971)#1,971
1980s270#2,488 (1981)#3,410
1990s163#3,722 (1991)#6,269
2000s158#4,767 (2002)#7,612
2010s190#3,718 (2019)#7,341
2020s217#2,646 (2023)#4,210

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Enid in 1955

girls
#1,220
68 births · 1 in 28,754 girls

Top girls' names in 1955

  1. #1Mary63,174
  2. #2Deborah52,318
  3. #3Linda51,300
  4. #4Debra50,563
  5. #5Susan47,418
  6. #6Patricia46,226
  7. #7Barbara33,617
  8. #8Karen33,217
  9. #9Nancy30,023
  10. #10Donna27,940
  11. #1,220Enid68
More about 1955

girls

1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 28,754 of them was named Enid, which outranked 81.9% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Enid
  1. #1,209Micki69
  2. #1,209Tamra69
  3. #1,209Tonie69
  4. #1,220Enid68
  5. #1,220Antonette68
  6. #1,220Carolee68
  7. #1,220Deedee68
  8. #1,229Allie67
  9. #1,229Amalia67
  10. #1,229Brooke67

Tied with 8 names at #1,220; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 793Athena#1,505 → #712
  2. ↑ 675Desiree#984 → #309
  3. ↑ 661Roni#1,197 → #536
  4. ↑ 630Gisele#1,444 → #814
  5. ↑ 593Carmel#1,422 → #829
Fallers
  1. ↓ 514Valinda#806 → #1,320
  2. ↓ 378Elouise#969 → #1,347
  3. ↓ 287Veda#831 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 275Drema#978 → #1,253
  5. ↓ 264Brooke#965 → #1,229

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

See the top 100 for 1955 →