Eneko
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- eh-NEH-koh
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Eneko is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Eneko mean?
Basque form of Íñigo
The Basque form of Íñigo; Eneko Aritza (Íñigo Arista) was the first king of Pamplona, in the ninth century.
Is Eneko a girl's or a boy's name?
Eneko is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eneko in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 6 boys.
Eneko in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
How popular is Eneko in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Eneko, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 2019.
Half of all the boys named Eneko in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Eneko in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
Names like Eneko
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kairo Shko Loki Yug Kenzo Rumi Guto Minh Ruairi Yusuf Dakota Yunus
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Eneko: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eneko, updated 20 October 2026.