Enola
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- e-NOH-la
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,324 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,458 for girls
Enola is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,324th for girls in the UK (25 babies) and 3,458th for girls in the US (44 babies).
What does Enola mean?
19th-century American name of unclear origin
Enola Holmes is Sherlock's younger sister in Nancy Springer's novels; the name reads 'alone' backwards.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Enola a girl's or a boy's name?
Enola is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls in the UK and 44 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Enola in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,324among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the UK were named Enola, making it the 1,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 55 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Enola than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Enola in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,271st in England and Wales.
Enola in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #1,324 |
| 2024 | 43 | #899 |
| 2023 | 55 | #710 |
| 2022 | 35 | #1,051 |
| 2021 | 52 | #780 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,912 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,694 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Enola in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,458among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 44about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 338% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 44 girls in the US were named Enola, making it the 3,458th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 1953, with 99 girls. It first appears in the records in 1885.
2025 had fewer girls named Enola than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Enola in the US since 1880 were born between 1919 and 1964, the years shaded on the chart below.
Enola in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #3,458 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,889 |
| 2023 | 70 | #2,517 |
| 2022 | 57 | #2,928 |
| 2021 | 90 | #2,103 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 20 | #2,743 |
| 1964 | 23 | #2,599 |
| 1963 | 24 | #2,488 |
| 1962 | 19 | #2,813 |
| 1961 | 22 | #2,607 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,183 |
| 1959 | 22 | #2,457 |
| 1958 | 32 | #1,938 |
| 1957 | 32 | #1,927 |
| 1956 | 40 | #1,680 |
| 1955 | 43 | #1,555 |
| 1954 | 55 | #1,343 |
| 1953 | 99 | #947 |
| 1952 | 12 | #3,200 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,713 |
| 1950 | 15 | #2,651 |
| 1949 | 19 | #2,273 |
| 1948 | 16 | #2,490 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,636 |
| 1946 | 20 | #2,093 |
| 1945 | 26 | #1,620 |
| 1944 | 16 | #2,198 |
| 1943 | 18 | #2,078 |
| 1942 | 29 | #1,533 |
| 1941 | 26 | #1,538 |
| 1940 | 24 | #1,591 |
| 1939 | 35 | #1,240 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,703 |
| 1937 | 27 | #1,416 |
| 1936 | 24 | #1,507 |
| 1935 | 26 | #1,449 |
| 1934 | 32 | #1,263 |
| 1933 | 36 | #1,179 |
| 1932 | 25 | #1,520 |
| 1931 | 39 | #1,148 |
| 1930 | 38 | #1,210 |
| 1929 | 46 | #1,078 |
| 1928 | 43 | #1,163 |
| 1927 | 48 | #1,097 |
| 1926 | 65 | #926 |
| 1925 | 54 | #1,020 |
| 1924 | 58 | #999 |
| 1923 | 46 | #1,129 |
| 1922 | 71 | #866 |
| 1921 | 57 | #987 |
| 1920 | 73 | #845 |
| 1919 | 62 | #890 |
| 1918 | 68 | #869 |
| 1917 | 55 | #933 |
| 1916 | 61 | #872 |
| 1915 | 59 | #850 |
| 1914 | 43 | #888 |
| 1913 | 38 | #852 |
| 1912 | 33 | #868 |
| 1911 | 29 | #801 |
| 1910 | 22 | #914 |
| 1909 | 19 | #935 |
| 1908 | 21 | #849 |
| 1907 | 20 | #840 |
| 1906 | 14 | #1,002 |
| 1905 | 19 | #848 |
| 1904 | 22 | #755 |
| 1903 | 13 | #969 |
| 1902 | 16 | #872 |
| 1901 | 13 | #918 |
| 1900 | 19 | #860 |
| 1899 | 10 | #1,034 |
| 1898 | 16 | #840 |
| 1897 | 10 | #1,037 |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,292 |
| 1895 | 15 | #815 |
| 1894 | 16 | #744 |
| 1893 | 22 | #614 |
| 1892 | 12 | #861 |
| 1891 | 11 | #839 |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,209 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,146 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 9 | #788 |
| 1886 | 7 | #897 |
| 1885 | 6 | #921 |
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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, “Enola: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/enola, updated 20 October 2026.