# Ennis (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ennis/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,524 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,204 / 320 (9% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 133, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Inis.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1931 | 9 | 3,047 |
| 1933 | 6 | 3,884 |
| 1935 | 13 | 2,343 |
| 1936 | 8 | 3,194 |
| 1937 | 6 | 3,940 |
| 1938 | 5 | 4,532 |
| 1943 | 5 | 4,881 |
| 1944 | 5 | 4,776 |
| 1945 | 6 | 4,177 |
| 1946 | 9 | 3,481 |
| 1951 | 6 | 5,013 |
| 1953 | 5 | 5,929 |
| 1955 | 5 | 6,118 |
| 1958 | 7 | 5,049 |
| 1963 | 5 | 6,902 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 9,951 |
| 2012 | 9 | 8,362 |
| 2013 | 9 | 8,315 |
| 2014 | 8 | 9,026 |
| 2015 | 7 | 9,863 |
| 2016 | 12 | 6,849 |
| 2017 | 15 | 5,878 |
| 2018 | 13 | 6,453 |
| 2019 | 5 | 12,725 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,264 |
| 2021 | 12 | 6,825 |
| 2022 | 11 | 7,409 |
| 2023 | 15 | 6,016 |
| 2024 | 15 | 5,993 |
| 2025 | 8 | 9,157 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 4 | 2,857 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,248 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,052 |
| 2018 | 12 | 1,875 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,325 |
| 2024 | 13 | 1,859 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## People named Ennis

- Ennis Hayes, Argentinian association football player (1896-1956)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.