# Enzo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/enzo/  
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 | Italian |
| Meaning | “home”, “ruler” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɛnzəʊ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 34,998 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 34,952 / 46 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,925, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Enzo (equivalent to English Hank), from German Heinz, a diminutive of Heinrich (English Henry), from Old High German Heimrih, Haimirich (heim (“home”) + rihhi (“ruler”)), from Proto-Germanic *Haimarīks, from Proto-Indo-European roots. Rare in the US and UK prior to 2003, popularized in the 2000s.

## What it means

Enzo is grouped under king.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | 16,423 |
| 2020 | 8 | 11,416 |
| 2022 | 6 | 14,109 |
| 2023 | 10 | 9,822 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11,416 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,350 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 706 | 403 |
| 2012 | 680 | 418 |
| 2013 | 718 | 411 |
| 2014 | 850 | 370 |
| 2015 | 1,045 | 330 |
| 2016 | 1,152 | 308 |
| 2017 | 1,429 | 257 |
| 2018 | 1,659 | 227 |
| 2019 | 1,713 | 219 |
| 2020 | 2,220 | 174 |
| 2021 | 2,729 | 140 |
| 2022 | 3,090 | 121 |
| 2023 | 3,810 | 90 |
| 2024 | 4,560 | 74 |
| 2025 | 4,556 | 72 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 123 | 354 |
| 2012 | 110 | 380 |
| 2013 | 133 | 320 |
| 2014 | 136 | 332 |
| 2015 | 149 | 313 |
| 2016 | 185 | 275 |
| 2017 | 252 | 207 |
| 2018 | 248 | 211 |
| 2019 | 287 | 181 |
| 2020 | 285 | 185 |
| 2021 | 380 | 151 |
| 2022 | 391 | 140 |
| 2023 | 564 | 95 |
| 2024 | 584 | 92 |
| 2025 | 617 | 84 |

## In other languages

- Italian: Enzo
- Portuguese: Enzo
- Spanish: Enzo

## People named Enzo

- Enzo Fernández, Argentine footballer (born 2001)
- Enzo Nicolás Pérez, Argentine association football player
- Enzo Scifo, Belgian footballer
- Enzo Millot, French footballer (born 2002)
- Enzo Zidane, French-Spanish footballer (born 1995)
- Enzo Roco, Chilean association football player
- Enzo Lefort, French fencer
- Enzo Le Fée, French footballer (born 2000)
- Enzo Trossero, Argentine footballer and manager
- Enzo Ebosse, Cameroonian and French footballer
- Enzo Crivelli, French association football player
- Enzo Escobar, Chilean footballer

## 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.