# Enya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/enya/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɛnjə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,274 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,274 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,479, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 37 | 4,023 |
| 2012 | 35 | 4,241 |
| 2013 | 26 | 5,187 |
| 2014 | 47 | 3,384 |
| 2015 | 37 | 4,019 |
| 2016 | 37 | 4,026 |
| 2017 | 34 | 4,244 |
| 2018 | 31 | 4,485 |
| 2019 | 25 | 5,204 |
| 2020 | 36 | 3,950 |
| 2021 | 24 | 5,279 |
| 2022 | 36 | 4,064 |
| 2023 | 50 | 3,238 |
| 2024 | 35 | 4,141 |
| 2025 | 36 | 4,007 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 47 | 789 |
| 2012 | 61 | 679 |
| 2013 | 56 | 712 |
| 2014 | 76 | 558 |
| 2015 | 52 | 745 |
| 2016 | 47 | 813 |
| 2017 | 48 | 808 |
| 2018 | 58 | 689 |
| 2019 | 43 | 854 |
| 2020 | 46 | 792 |
| 2021 | 60 | 640 |
| 2022 | 50 | 729 |
| 2023 | 44 | 813 |
| 2024 | 39 | 918 |
| 2025 | 47 | 778 |

## 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.