Enda
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EN-da
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,613 for boys
Big in Northern Ireland
Enda is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,613th for boys in the UK (17 babies).
What does Enda mean?
Irish: anglicized form of Éanna
Anglicized form of Éanna, after St Enda of Aran, a sixth-century pioneer of Irish monasticism.
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Is Enda a girl's or a boy's name?
Enda is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Enda in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,613among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the UK were named Enda, making it the 1,613th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,829th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 21 boys.
Half of all the boys named Enda in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales and 159th in Northern Ireland.
Enda in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,613 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,341 |
| 2020 | 13 | #1,829 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,683 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 19 | #1,428 |
| 2016 | 14 | #1,804 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2014 | 13 | #1,834 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,599 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,498 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,384 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,405 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,241 |
Names like Enda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ezra Luca Ellis Enzo Alfred Arlo Elijah Leo Elias Arthur Frederick Louie
More Irish names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Enda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/enda, updated 20 October 2026.