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Enid

Gender
Girl
Say it
EE-nid
Origin
Welsh
UK rank, 2025
#826 for girls
US rank, 2025
#4,545 for girls

Enid is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “soul, life”. In 2025 it ranked 826th for girls in the UK (47 babies) and 4,545th for girls in the US (30 babies).

What does Enid mean?

Welsh: probably from Welsh enaid

“soul, life”

In Arthurian legend Enid is the loyal wife of Geraint; also borne by children's author Enid Blyton.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Enid a girl's or a boy's name?

Enid is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 47 girls in the UK and 30 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Enid in the UK?

Rank in 2025
826th among girls
Babies in 2025
47 about 1 in 5,900 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 3% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 47 girls in the UK were named Enid, making it the 826th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 892nd.

2025 had the most girls named Enid of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.

Half of all the girls named Enid in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 778th in England and Wales.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1914 (#94), 1924 (#77) and 1934 (#68).

1998Busiest: 47 in 20252025
Enid in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202547#826
202433#1,084
202342#913
202235#1,051
202142#906
202043#892
201946#862
201837#1,028
201740#992
201630#1,209
201539#994
201421#1,544
201312#2,309
201212#2,319
201113#2,152
201013#2,103
200910#2,478
20087#3,203
20076#3,396
20061#6,685
20055#3,543
20043#4,789
20030–
20020–
20010–
20001#5,280
19990–
19983#4,026

How popular is Enid in the US?

Rank in 2025
4,545th among girls
Babies in 2025
30 about 1 in 54,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 35% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 30 girls in the US were named Enid, making it the 4,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,546th. Its busiest year was 1920, with 261 girls. It first appears in the records in 1885.

Half of all the girls named Enid in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 1958, the years shaded on the chart below.

1885Busiest: 261 in 19202025
Enid in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202530#4,545
202430#4,558
202366#2,646
202228#4,790
202134#4,163
202029#4,546
201940#3,717
201824#5,311
201729#4,693
201615#7,599
201520#6,234
201415#7,633
201312#9,031
201212#9,105
201115#7,779
20108#12,270
200915#8,054
200817#7,404
20079#11,626
200612#9,282
200521#5,795
200419#6,211
200315#7,202
200225#4,763
200113#7,717
200012#8,020
199914#6,830
19987#11,132
199712#7,278
199619#5,060
199513#6,636
199416#5,707
199319#4,992
199212#7,060
199128#3,716
199023#4,225
198921#4,352
198821#4,167
198719#4,280
198625#3,457
198525#3,418
198424#3,422
198323#3,430
198237#2,532
198138#2,488
198037#2,537
197929#2,931
197839#2,305
197735#2,463
197645#1,968
197550#1,838
197452#1,733
197344#1,885
197245#1,856
197178#1,364
197076#1,369
196941#1,955
196862#1,435
196755#1,506
196652#1,548
196566#1,350
196464#1,405
196370#1,319
1962104#1,058
196183#1,210
196087#1,164
195994#1,103
195875#1,226
195759#1,375
195661#1,328
195568#1,219
195497#991
195387#1,033
195265#1,177
1951101#907
195092#926
194996#902
1948105#853
1947114#819
1946141#672
1945121#673
194496#778
1943116#714
1942114#697
194196#719
194085#752
193972#811
193892#713
193784#741
193699#662
1935106#631
1934121#595
1933142#533
1932123#593
1931152#535
1930155#545
1929174#514
1928157#558
1927164#552
1926187#510
1925214#473
1924195#508
1923224#461
1922205#481
1921258#418
1920261#412
1919246#413
1918219#451
1917191#469
1916174#486
1915137#545
1914129#489
1913110#484
1912115#440
191187#435
191034#723
190936#662
190851#507
190739#588
190630#661
190520#825
190430#629
190320#760
190230#600
190128#591
190028#676
189920#704
189817#821
189721#681
189634#504
189528#565
189422#628
189323#594
189224#565
189112#796
189010#872
18898#950
188812#753
18870–
18860–
18856#921

Names like Enid

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Edith, Elsie, Evelyn, Nancy, Florence, Winnie, Eva, Eileen, Nellie, Annie, Olive, Hazel

Names related to Enid

Endia, Eneida

More Welsh names

Dylan, Owen, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred, Meredith

Every Welsh name

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, “Enid: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/enid, updated 20 October 2026.