Erendira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eh-REN-dee-rah
Erendira is a girls' name, meaning “the smiling one”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Erendira mean?
Purépecha (Mexico), traditionally 'the smiling one'
“the smiling one”
Eréndira was a Purépecha princess of Michoacán, remembered for riding a horse against the Spanish conquistadors.
Is Erendira a girl's or a boy's name?
Erendira is a girls' name.
How popular is Erendira in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1989, with 39 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Erendira in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Erendira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,309 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,004 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,054 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,964 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 1993 | 35 | #3,216 |
| 1992 | 32 | #3,413 |
| 1991 | 34 | #3,201 |
| 1990 | 26 | #3,904 |
| 1989 | 39 | #2,804 |
| 1988 | 27 | #3,478 |
| 1987 | 26 | #3,421 |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,026 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,633 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,554 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,646 |
| 1981 | 20 | #3,858 |
| 1980 | 25 | #3,318 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,862 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
Names like Erendira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brianna, Kiara, Briana, Ariana, Esmeralda, Eliana, Sierra, Xiomara, Mckenna, Kiana, Carolina, Cassidy
Sources
Figures from 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, “Erendira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/erendira, updated 20 October 2026.