Enrico
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- en-REE-koh
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,248 for boys
Enrico is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “home ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Enrico mean?
Germanic: Italian form of Henry
“home ruler”
Italian form of Henry; borne by the tenor Enrico Caruso and the physicist Enrico Fermi.
Is Enrico a girl's or a boy's name?
Enrico is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Enrico in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Enrico, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 22 boys.
Half of all the boys named Enrico in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Enrico in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,639 |
| 2021 | 13 | #1,876 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 18 | #1,479 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,555 |
| 2017 | 22 | #1,290 |
| 2016 | 14 | #1,804 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 14 | #1,765 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,654 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,340 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,547 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,458 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,369 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,133 |
| 2004 | 21 | #1,040 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,498 |
| 2002 | 18 | #1,030 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,209 |
| 2000 | 20 | #882 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,352 |
| 1998 | 8 | #1,569 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,111 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,146 |
How popular is Enrico in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,248th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Enrico, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,568th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 96 boys. It first appears in the records in 1906.
Half of all the boys named Enrico in the US since 1880 were born between 1942 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
Enrico in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 27 | #3,984 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 30 | #3,568 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,603 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 27 | #3,882 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 33 | #3,295 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 29 | #3,622 |
| 2011 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2010 | 29 | #3,632 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 41 | #2,866 |
| 2006 | 31 | #3,382 |
| 2005 | 30 | #3,315 |
| 2004 | 30 | #3,213 |
| 2003 | 38 | #2,616 |
| 2002 | 48 | #2,191 |
| 2001 | 43 | #2,302 |
| 2000 | 39 | #2,421 |
| 1999 | 44 | #2,137 |
| 1998 | 44 | #2,091 |
| 1997 | 35 | #2,344 |
| 1996 | 51 | #1,781 |
| 1995 | 47 | #1,836 |
| 1994 | 51 | #1,729 |
| 1993 | 62 | #1,488 |
| 1992 | 67 | #1,377 |
| 1991 | 72 | #1,319 |
| 1990 | 61 | #1,430 |
| 1989 | 55 | #1,487 |
| 1988 | 37 | #1,810 |
| 1987 | 51 | #1,423 |
| 1986 | 51 | #1,384 |
| 1985 | 45 | #1,484 |
| 1984 | 49 | #1,348 |
| 1983 | 46 | #1,374 |
| 1982 | 49 | #1,341 |
| 1981 | 47 | #1,373 |
| 1980 | 56 | #1,227 |
| 1979 | 56 | #1,221 |
| 1978 | 58 | #1,170 |
| 1977 | 60 | #1,121 |
| 1976 | 64 | #1,042 |
| 1975 | 58 | #1,099 |
| 1974 | 65 | #1,019 |
| 1973 | 79 | #898 |
| 1972 | 70 | #968 |
| 1971 | 57 | #1,081 |
| 1970 | 92 | #839 |
| 1969 | 67 | #931 |
| 1968 | 47 | #1,083 |
| 1967 | 49 | #1,043 |
| 1966 | 56 | #968 |
| 1965 | 51 | #1,031 |
| 1964 | 52 | #1,044 |
| 1963 | 66 | #920 |
| 1962 | 44 | #1,171 |
| 1961 | 37 | #1,302 |
| 1960 | 52 | #1,071 |
| 1959 | 45 | #1,155 |
| 1958 | 24 | #1,592 |
| 1957 | 34 | #1,344 |
| 1956 | 51 | #1,055 |
| 1955 | 55 | #1,010 |
| 1954 | 50 | #1,051 |
| 1953 | 53 | #988 |
| 1952 | 25 | #1,516 |
| 1951 | 35 | #1,241 |
| 1950 | 23 | #1,537 |
| 1949 | 36 | #1,184 |
| 1948 | 28 | #1,377 |
| 1947 | 30 | #1,335 |
| 1946 | 30 | #1,277 |
| 1945 | 28 | #1,248 |
| 1944 | 17 | #1,682 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,485 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,496 |
| 1941 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1940 | 25 | #1,334 |
| 1939 | 22 | #1,425 |
| 1938 | 31 | #1,171 |
| 1937 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,587 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,494 |
| 1934 | 28 | #1,266 |
| 1933 | 45 | #937 |
| 1932 | 43 | #1,004 |
| 1931 | 38 | #1,102 |
| 1930 | 26 | #1,428 |
| 1929 | 46 | #995 |
| 1928 | 35 | #1,211 |
| 1927 | 46 | #1,028 |
| 1926 | 41 | #1,108 |
| 1925 | 38 | #1,144 |
| 1924 | 62 | #872 |
| 1923 | 61 | #873 |
| 1922 | 60 | #891 |
| 1921 | 96 | #658 |
| 1920 | 38 | #1,157 |
| 1919 | 38 | #1,122 |
| 1918 | 37 | #1,124 |
| 1917 | 41 | #1,017 |
| 1916 | 41 | #998 |
| 1915 | 32 | #1,141 |
| 1914 | 43 | #802 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,075 |
| 1912 | 18 | #1,095 |
| 1911 | 13 | #924 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,313 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,083 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,199 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,003 |
Nicknames for Enrico
- Rico 79 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Enrico
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rocco, Angelo, Hugo, Orlando, Alvaro, Lorenzo, Leonardo, Rodrigo, Marco, Eduardo, Bobby, Armando
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
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, “Enrico: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/enrico, updated 20 October 2026.