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Enrique

Gender
Boy
Say it
en-REE-kay
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#4,301 for boys
US rank, 2025
#571 for boys

Enrique is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “ruler of the home”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 571st for boys in the US (517 babies).

What does Enrique mean?

Germanic: Spanish form of Henry

“ruler of the home”

Several kings of Castile were named Enrique, including Enrique IV, half-brother of Isabella I.

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

Enrique is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 517 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Enrique in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,301among boys
Babies in 2025
4about 1 in 75,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 17% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Enrique, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 21 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Enrique than any year since 2015.

Half of all the boys named Enrique in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 21 in 20092025
Enrique in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20254#4,301
20247#3,003
20238#2,691
20228#2,678
20218#2,619
20208#2,562
20198#2,633
20187#2,823
201719#1,428
201610#2,287
20154#4,086
201413#1,834
20136#3,096
20126#3,167
20115#3,446
201010#2,141
200921#1,254
200814#1,599
200714#1,605
200611#1,742
200513#1,522
200413#1,417
200318#1,081
200218#1,030
200113#1,209
200010#1,405
19990–
19981#3,884
19970–
19963#2,949

How popular is Enrique in the US?

Rank in 2025
#571among boys
Babies in 2025
517about 1 in 3,300 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 12% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 517 boys in the US were named Enrique, making it the 571st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 502nd. Its busiest year was 2000, with 1,537 boys.

Half of all the boys named Enrique in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 1,537 in 20002025
Enrique in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025517#571
2024544#545
2023517#563
2022545#542
2021567#518
2020580#502
2019611#480
2018611#477
2017601#487
2016696#444
2015714#430
2014748#415
2013765#390
2012821#369
2011850#354
2010878#349
20091,049#307
20081,221#279
20071,241#277
20061,234#281
20051,259#261
20041,295#256
20031,355#248
20021,301#249
20011,438#236
20001,537#221
19991,436#230
19981,323#237
19971,349#230
19961,326#228
19951,069#262
19941,068#266
19931,067#271
19921,056#270
19911,066#255
19901,022#263
1989888#280
1988755#302
1987729#294
1986773#276
1985700#293
1984715#287
1983777#266
1982755#278
1981736#280
1980797#270
1979710#284
1978631#296
1977579#322
1976646#292
1975643#296
1974623#299
1973614#295
1972597#305
1971540#342
1970583#328
1969540#336
1968454#364
1967453#350
1966424#367
1965371#409
1964430#381
1963412#393
1962377#413
1961373#409
1960366#415
1959358#418
1958316#441
1957308#437
1956276#456
1955277#446
1954280#428
1953274#423
1952267#425
1951240#436
1950233#436
1949223#446
1948223#445
1947218#452
1946202#445
1945163#465
1944154#491
1943160#487
1942144#509
1941123#531
1940123#524
1939111#544
1938126#516
1937136#490
1936121#511
1935106#558
1934107#571
1933123#506
1932145#475
1931152#458
1930178#439
1929187#431
1928194#427
1927163#474
1926159#476
1925151#493
1924148#514
1923114#589
1922123#574
192199#647
192094#653
191987#663
191872#761
191774#706
191647#922
191568#715
191448#758
191331#871
191227#854
191118#758
191021#634
190918#636
190811#825
190711#814
190620#503
190513#666
19047#966
19037#910
19027#932
19019#727
19009#901
18990–
18987#884
18970–
189610#722
189510#685
18940–
18930–
18927#860
18910–
18900–
18890–
18885#1,030
18870–
18860–
18857#765
18840–
18836#798
18825#942
18810–
18805#909

Nicknames for Enrique

Names like Enrique

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

Cruz Rocco Reggie Henrique Luca Luis Lucas Spencer Romeo Leonardo Gabriel Lorenzo

Names related to Enrique

Enrrique

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