How Many People Are Named Enid?

3,619

people named Enid are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 94,441 people in the US has this name

Based on 9,240 babies named Enid in Social Security records from 1885 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#4,581

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#2,586

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Peak Year

1920

261 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Welsh, Welsh Mythology, Arthurian Romance
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Derived from Welsh enaid meaning "soul" or "life". She is the wife of Geraint in Welsh legend and Arthurian romance.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Enid in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Enid alive today is about 57 years old, and 55% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 43 and 76 in 2025.

Under 30 612
16.9%
30 to 59 1,023
28.3%
60 and over 1,983
54.8%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Enid first appears in the records in 1885 and was given most often in 1920, to 261 babies. In 2025, 30 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1885 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Enid has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #412, in 1920. In 2025 it ranked #4,585.

Girls
Rank in 2025#4,585
Best rank#412 (1920)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#485 in the 1920s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Enid alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Enid were born in New York than in any other state: about 928 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Enid was given 5.3 times as often in Utah, 4.3 times in New York and 1.9 times in California.

New York 928
California 187
New Jersey 105
Illinois 103
Pennsylvania 53
Texas 48
Massachusetts 31
Michigan 22
Ohio 16
Florida 14
Wisconsin 11
Connecticut 10
Missouri 9
Maryland 5
Utah 3
Iowa 1
Idaho 1
Indiana 1
Nebraska 1
North Dakota 1
Minnesota 1

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