Enos

#3,128 for boys in 2025, 38 births

Peak · boys
1885 · 24 births
Debut · boys
14 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,991
since 1880

Enos over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Enos has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #355, 1885boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#3,12838
2024#3,21637
2023#3,11739
2022#3,61731
2021#3,81428
2020#3,20235
2019#2,94341
2018#3,52431
2017#3,12337
2016#2,99339
2015#3,29934
2014#4,01425
2013#4,18023
2012#3,17935
2011#2,69944
2010#3,37732
2009#5,10218
2008#4,04425
2007#4,01125
2006#4,22322
2005#4,19821
2004#2,88735
2003#2,72936
2002#2,50439
2001#2,61836
2000#2,92230
1999#2,79530
1998#2,71130
1997#2,54631
1996#2,53530
1995#2,25335
1994#2,21936
1993#2,50929
1992#2,83424
1991#2,91522
1990#2,86522
1989#2,41627
1988#2,14629
1987#1,89633
1986#2,36023
1985#2,82817
1984#2,43720
1983#2,20823
1982#1,92928
1981#1,76632
1980#2,05826
1979#1,57037
1978#2,37519
1977#1,67032
1976#1,87326
1975#2,63715
1974#2,12920
1973#1,61229
1972#1,81924
1971#1,86223
1970#2,62113
1969#1,68024
1968#2,73510
1967#1,60923
1966#2,04315
1965#1,72021
1964#1,70022
1963#1,83919
1962#1,89618
1961#1,68623
1960#1,69223
1959#1,80620
1958#1,42030
1957#1,36433
1956#1,33533
1955#1,41929
1954#1,40829
1953#1,59223
1952#1,43028
1951#1,37329
1950#1,12340
1949#1,22734
1948#1,32330
1947#1,36329
1946#1,38226
1945#1,44521
1944#1,21230
1943#1,01843
1942#1,19334
1941#1,23029
1940#1,28827
1939#1,19430
1938#1,22129
1937#1,09435
1936#1,05137
1935#1,42223
1934#1,03839
1933#1,25128
1932#1,25429
1931#1,25330
1930#1,13238
1929#1,19534
1928#99248
1927#95153
1926#95551
1925#89057
1924#96053
1923#99249
1922#1,01049
1921#89061
1920#1,04544
1919#86758
1918#97547
1917#90050
1916#92247
1915#85752
1914#87039
1913#99525
1912#75533
1911#79317
1910#85913
1909#84012
1908#1,0218
1907#63416
1906#79810
1905#8369
1904#64713
1903#65612
1902#9337
1901#7279
1900#9029
1899#7868
1898#45220
1897#9426
1896#8268
1895#68510
1894#63111
1893#50914
1892#54714
1891#7667
1890#56612
1889#8786
1888#41620
1887#51612
1886#47015
1885#35524
1884#41619
1883#40219
1882#45316
1881#41617
1880#48214
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Enos was already there! It came in at #482, and was given to 14 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1889, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

Where Enos is popular in 1928

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedMNIllinois: #490 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 11,528 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #533 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 16,807 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #413 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,839 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Enos, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Louisiana#413 · 1 in 3,839
  2. Illinois#490 · 1 in 11,528
  3. Pennsylvania#533 · 1 in 16,807

Best ever in a state: #170 in Kansas, 1913.

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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 Enos
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 88 spots since 2024 (#3,216 → #3,128)
  • 74 spots since 2020 (#3,202 → #3,128)
  • 171 spots since 2015 (#3,299 → #3,128)
  • Biggest jump: 490 spots in 1898 (#942 → #452)
  • Biggest drop: 462 spots in 1889 (#416 → #878)
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1885 at #355 (24 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 46 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 46 yrs · run 1880–1907
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,492
  • Highest: 1 in 4,492 boys born in 1885 were named Enos (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 44,949 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 12.5% of all boys named Enos (499) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s162#355 (1885)#480
1890s110#452 (1898)#671
1900s105#634 (1907)#799
1910s381#755 (1912)#879
1920s499#890 (1921)#988
1930s318#1,038 (1934)#1,191
1940s303#1,018 (1943)#1,268
1950s294#1,123 (1950)#1,427
1960s198#1,609 (1967)#1,860
1970s238#1,570 (1979)#2,017
1980s258#1,766 (1981)#2,204
1990s289#2,219 (1994)#2,618
2000s287#2,504 (2002)#3,524
2010s341#2,699 (2011)#3,333
2020s208#3,117 (2023)#3,349

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.

Enos in 1928

boys
#992
48 births · 1 in 23,075 boys

Top boys' names in 1928

  1. #1Robert60,701
  2. #2John53,760
  3. #3James52,752
  4. #4William49,118
  5. #5Charles31,243
  6. #6Richard28,793
  7. #7Donald25,704
  8. #8George24,391
  9. #9Joseph22,322
  10. #10Edward18,492
  11. #992Enos48
More about 1928

boys

1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 23,075 of them was named Enos, which outranked 79.0% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Enos
  1. #980Lynwood49
  2. #980Madison49
  3. #980Valentino49
  4. #992Enos48
  5. #992Dolores48
  6. #992Durward48
  7. #992Ethel48
  8. #1,003Adan47
  9. #1,003Arch47
  10. #1,003Armond47

Tied with 10 names at #992; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,009Fidencio#1,959 → #950
  2. ↑ 766Hoover#1,128 → #362
  3. ↑ 700Reyes#1,692 → #992
  4. ↑ 441Arlen#1,227 → #786
  5. ↑ 392Arland#1,372 → #980
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,975Shoji#722 → #3,697
  2. ↓ 529Alvan#951 → #1,480
  3. ↓ 418Watson#964 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 412Judge#911 → #1,323
  5. ↓ 363Donato#990 → #1,353

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

See the top 100 for 1928 →