Ensley
- #844 for girls in 2025, 322 births
- Last seen for boys in 2008 at #11,037
- Given to girls 99.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2020 · 495 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,794since 1997
Ensley over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Ensley has never cracked the top 500 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #844 | 322 | — | |
| 2024 | #908 | 292 | — | |
| 2023 | #878 | 306 | — | |
| 2022 | #827 | 339 | — | |
| 2021 | #787 | 361 | — | |
| 2020 | #587 | 495 | — | |
| 2019 | #666 | 435 | — | |
| 2018 | #674 | 434 | — | |
| 2017 | #969 | 271 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,412 | 77 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,524 | 71 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,615 | 67 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,597 | 68 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,094 | 54 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,916 | 38 | — | |
| 2010 | #5,247 | 26 | — | |
| 2009 | #6,544 | 20 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #7,733 | 16 | — | |
| 2006 | #6,592 | 19 | — | |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 | — | |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 | — | |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | — | |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | — | |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | — | |
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First appearance
1997
The first year at least five girls were named Ensley! It came in at #12,070, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1998–1999, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Ensley is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | #396 | 5 | 1 in 1,419 |
| Oklahoma | #398 | 10 | 1 in 1,478 |
| Kansas | #404 | 8 | 1 in 1,476 |
| Missouri | #442 | 13 | 1 in 1,869 |
| Tennessee | #453 | 17 | 1 in 1,887 |
| Louisiana | #477 | 9 | 1 in 1,819 |
| Arkansas | #489 | 6 | 1 in 1,766 |
| Indiana | #511 | 13 | 1 in 2,147 |
| Mississippi | #514 | 5 | 1 in 1,780 |
| Ohio | #514 | 20 | 1 in 2,364 |
| Alabama | #520 | 9 | 1 in 2,035 |
| Iowa | #565 | 5 | 1 in 2,354 |
| Minnesota | #597 | 8 | 1 in 2,685 |
| Pennsylvania | #647 | 15 | 1 in 3,113 |
| Colorado | #703 | 7 | 1 in 3,332 |
| North Carolina | #729 | 13 | 1 in 3,576 |
| Kentucky | #744 | 5 | 1 in 3,450 |
| Michigan | #787 | 9 | 1 in 3,970 |
| Texas | #799 | 37 | 1 in 4,339 |
| Georgia | #915 | 10 | 1 in 4,521 |
| Illinois | #927 | 9 | 1 in 4,925 |
| Virginia | #936 | 7 | 1 in 4,820 |
| Florida | #959 | 16 | 1 in 5,423 |
| Arizona | #1,040 | 5 | 1 in 5,644 |
| California | #1,651 | 13 | 1 in 12,440 |
| New York | #1,654 | 7 | 1 in 11,190 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 64 spots since 2024 (#908 → #844)
- 257 spots since 2020 (#587 → #844)
- 1,680 spots since 2015 (#2,524 → #844)
- Biggest jump: 1,443 spots in 2017
- Biggest drop: 200 spots in 2021
Rise & fade · girls
23 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1997
- Peaked 2020 at #587 (495 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 2017–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,266
- Highest: 1 in 3,266 girls born in 2020 were named Ensley (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,992 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 55.7% of all girls named Ensley (2,115) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6 | #12,070 (1997) | #12,070 |
| 2000s | 132 | #6,544 (2009) | #8,758 |
| 2010s | 1,541 | #666 (2019) | #2,471 |
| 2020s | 2,115 | #587 (2020) | #805 |
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.
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