Ennis

Gender: Boy
Say it: EN-is
Origin: Irish
UK rank, 2025: #3,021 for boys
US rank, 2025: #8,906 for boys

Ennis is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “island; river meadow”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).

What does Ennis mean?

Irish: from Ennis, Irish Inis, the county town of Clare

“island; river meadow”

Ennis is the county town of County Clare in Ireland; its Irish name Inis means 'island' or 'river meadow'.

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

Ennis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Ennis in the UK?

Rank in 2025: 3,021st among boys
Babies in 2025: 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
Five-year trend: Steady up 7% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Ennis, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 13 boys.

Half of all the boys named Ennis in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 28 boys in the UK were given Ennis or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #997, up from #3,021 for this spelling alone.

Enes 21
Ennis 7

In 2024, 19% of the babies named Ennis in the UK were girls.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.

1998Busiest: 13 in 20182025

Ennis in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	7	#3,021
2024	13	#1,917
2023	9	#2,468
2022	9	#2,457
2021	5	#3,614
2020	8	#2,562
2019	6	#3,184
2018	13	#1,902
2017	11	#2,174
2016	9	#2,468
2015	3	#4,955
2014	9	#2,378
2013	4	#4,008
2012	5	#3,572
2011	0	–
2010	1	#6,148
2009	0	–
2008	0	–
2007	1	#5,736
2006	0	–
2005	0	–
2004	0	–
2003	5	#2,574
2002	0	–
2001	4	#2,714
2000	0	–
1999	5	#2,184
1998	1	#3,884

How popular is Ennis in the US?

Rank in 2025: 8,906th among boys
Babies in 2025: 8 about 1 in 210,000 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, 8 boys in the US were named Ennis, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1922, with 62 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Ennis than any year since 2019.

Half of all the boys named Ennis in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1968, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 1955, 13% of the babies named Ennis in the US were girls.

1880Busiest: 62 in 19222025

Ennis in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	8	#8,906
2024	15	#5,899
2023	15	#5,922
2022	11	#7,256
2021	12	#6,693
2020	9	#8,062
2019	5	#12,138
2018	13	#6,341
2017	15	#5,784
2016	12	#6,721
2015	7	#9,562
2014	8	#8,775
2013	9	#8,113
2012	9	#8,152
2011	7	#9,593
2010	0	–
2009	14	#6,091
2008	9	#8,319
2007	11	#7,090
2006	11	#6,899
2005	10	#7,089
2004	7	#8,921
2003	7	#8,636
2002	6	#9,385
2001	13	#5,383
2000	15	#4,779
1999	19	#3,829
1998	13	#4,868
1997	36	#2,308
1996	5	#9,008
1995	16	#3,848
1994	0	–
1993	12	#4,690
1992	9	#5,652
1991	5	#8,228
1990	14	#3,965
1989	11	#4,521
1988	10	#4,445
1987	12	#3,726
1986	12	#3,649
1985	10	#4,047
1984	9	#4,212
1983	8	#4,497
1982	13	#3,281
1981	21	#2,337
1980	16	#2,830
1979	23	#2,156
1978	21	#2,205
1977	24	#2,008
1976	28	#1,780
1975	17	#2,448
1974	19	#2,197
1973	26	#1,736
1972	28	#1,648
1971	20	#2,051
1970	30	#1,545
1969	41	#1,231
1968	20	#1,787
1967	19	#1,808
1966	16	#1,962
1965	17	#1,917
1964	20	#1,792
1963	21	#1,743
1962	23	#1,668
1961	34	#1,367
1960	28	#1,522
1959	27	#1,521
1958	20	#1,765
1957	35	#1,317
1956	35	#1,297
1955	35	#1,272
1954	30	#1,381
1953	44	#1,101
1952	43	#1,110
1951	32	#1,294
1950	34	#1,231
1949	35	#1,204
1948	35	#1,216
1947	32	#1,296
1946	45	#1,019
1945	33	#1,138
1944	33	#1,152
1943	49	#956
1942	35	#1,167
1941	34	#1,129
1940	37	#1,067
1939	45	#931
1938	46	#927
1937	33	#1,148
1936	34	#1,118
1935	34	#1,123
1934	46	#931
1933	38	#1,051
1932	43	#1,004
1931	37	#1,111
1930	40	#1,093
1929	51	#940
1928	42	#1,078
1927	51	#982
1926	45	#1,034
1925	42	#1,073
1924	39	#1,152
1923	53	#941
1922	62	#871
1921	43	#1,069
1920	53	#947
1919	50	#949
1918	53	#909
1917	44	#982
1916	48	#917
1915	52	#857
1914	41	#836
1913	31	#871
1912	32	#765
1911	16	#823
1910	24	#582
1909	17	#653
1908	14	#712
1907	14	#699
1906	7	#1,003
1905	0	–
1904	10	#760
1903	9	#783
1902	10	#743
1901	12	#596
1900	18	#578
1899	7	#856
1898	9	#743
1897	11	#652
1896	10	#722
1895	6	#977
1894	8	#786
1893	6	#906
1892	11	#640
1891	0	–
1890	8	#739
1889	8	#722
1888	10	#648
1887	10	#583
1886	0	–
1885	0	–
1884	9	#663
1883	6	#798
1882	8	#691
1881	6	#780
1880	5	#909

Names like Ennis

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

Otis, Ellis, Francis, Arthur, Edward, Harris, Wilfred, Frederick, Archie, Chester, Albert, Ollie

Other spellings of Ennis

Enes

Names related to Ennis

Enis, Innis

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