Enola
Enola is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 57 births. Its best rank was 617th, in 1893.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 570.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 195399 births
- Best rank
- #617in 1893
- Since 1885
- 3,040people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,040 girls have been named Enola in the United States since 1885, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1953, with 99 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1934, and the 1920s alone account for 18%. It has spent 33 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Enola | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 28 | |
| 1890s | 125 | |
| 1900s | 176 | |
| 1910s | 470 | |
| 1920s | 561 | |
| 1930s | 303 | |
| 1940s | 209 | |
| 1950s | 359 | |
| 1960s | 152 | |
| 1970s | 62 | |
| 1980s | 15 | |
| 1990s | 29 | |
| 2000s | 141 | |
| 2010s | 119 | |
| 2020s | 291 |
In 1953, its biggest year
Enola was the 951st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1953 were Mary, Linda, Deborah, Patricia and Susan. See all of 1953.
Names that rose and fell with Enola
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rubiepeak 1921
- Verapeak 1918
- Ilapeak 1925
- Julepeak 1919
- Hazelpeak 1918
- Thorapeak 1916
- Evelenapeak 1924
- Fernpeak 1918
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.