Enes
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EN-es
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,372 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Enes is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “friendliness, companionship”. In 2025 it ranked 1,372nd for boys in the UK (21 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Enes mean?
Arabic: Turkish and Bosnian form of Anas
“friendliness, companionship”
Turkish and Bosnian form of Anas, after Anas ibn Malik, a companion of the Prophet Muhammad.
Is Enes a girl's or a boy's name?
Enes is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Enes in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,372nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the UK were named Enes, making it the 1,372nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,317th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 26 boys.
2025 had more boys named Enes than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Enes in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 28 boys in the UK were given Enes or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #997, up from #1,372 for this spelling alone.
- Enes 21
- Ennis 7
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,306th in England and Wales.
Enes in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,372 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,399 |
| 2022 | 14 | #1,789 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,619 |
| 2020 | 21 | #1,317 |
| 2019 | 22 | #1,261 |
| 2018 | 25 | #1,173 |
| 2017 | 26 | #1,170 |
| 2016 | 23 | #1,268 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,535 |
| 2014 | 18 | #1,454 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,560 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,478 |
| 2011 | 24 | #1,164 |
| 2010 | 21 | #1,288 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,340 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,378 |
| 2007 | 12 | #1,760 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,558 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,326 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,583 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,252 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Enes in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Enes, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Enes in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Enes in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
Names like Enes
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Enzo, Hudson, Ezra, Rowan, Ali, Finley, Elias, Noah, Marley, Faris, Jaxon, Eli
Other spellings of Enes
Names related to Enes
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Enes: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/enes, updated 20 October 2026.