Ender
Boy · EN-der · Turkish
Ender is a boys' name of Turkish origin, meaning “very rare”. In 2025 it ranked 1,743rd for boys in the US (93 babies).
What does Ender mean?
Turkish: Turkish word
“very rare”
A Turkish name meaning very rare; also Ender Wiggin, hero of Orson Scott Card's 1985 novel Ender's Game.
- Say it
- EN-der
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Is Ender a girl's or a boy's name?
Ender is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 93 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ender in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,743among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 93about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 93 boys in the US were named Ender, making it the 1,743rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,579th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 153 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.
2025 had fewer boys named Ender than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Ender in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ender in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 93 | #1,743 |
| 2024 | 111 | #1,563 |
| 2023 | 110 | #1,576 |
| 2022 | 153 | #1,264 |
| 2021 | 126 | #1,433 |
| 2020 | 103 | #1,579 |
| 2019 | 105 | #1,582 |
| 2018 | 109 | #1,547 |
| 2017 | 117 | #1,455 |
| 2016 | 130 | #1,366 |
| 2015 | 98 | #1,625 |
| 2014 | 120 | #1,402 |
| 2013 | 82 | #1,762 |
| 2012 | 85 | #1,755 |
| 2011 | 48 | #2,546 |
| 2010 | 57 | #2,261 |
| 2009 | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2008 | 34 | #3,284 |
| 2007 | 31 | #3,442 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
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