# Enos (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/enos/  
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 | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “mortal man” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,991 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,991 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 7, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew אֱנוֹשׁ (enósh, “mortal man”).

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 44 | 2,715 |
| 2012 | 35 | 3,189 |
| 2013 | 23 | 4,223 |
| 2014 | 25 | 4,045 |
| 2015 | 34 | 3,313 |
| 2016 | 39 | 3,020 |
| 2017 | 37 | 3,143 |
| 2018 | 31 | 3,557 |
| 2019 | 41 | 2,959 |
| 2020 | 35 | 3,222 |
| 2021 | 28 | 3,843 |
| 2022 | 31 | 3,641 |
| 2023 | 39 | 3,136 |
| 2024 | 37 | 3,236 |
| 2025 | 38 | 3,148 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: أَنُوش
- Chinese: 以挪士, 厄諾士 /厄诺士
- Hindi: एनोश
- Vietnamese: Ê-nót, Ê-nóc

## People named Enos

- Enos Thompson Throop, American politician (1784-1874)

## 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.